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Category Archives: 5 Sound. JuneJuly. 2010
Dave Carlson on making the Matsumoto Based Japan-o-files podcast
I was really excited when I heard that YoMoYaMa Magazine would be doing an issue devoted entirely to SOUND. Yes! All my life I’ve been fascinated with sound. I remember how, as a little kid, I used to love putting … Continue reading
Posted in 5 Sound. JuneJuly. 2010, Arts and Culture, Reflections, The YomoYama
Tagged japan o files, Matsumoto, podcast
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Nagano Summer Music Festivals
photos and write-ups by Whitney Conti Ueda Joint August 6,7,8: Ueda Castle, Ueda Sandwiched between the Ueda city outdoor skate park and Ueda Castles’ high stone walls, Ueda Joint combines earthtones with skateboards and psychedelic jazz with jam band rock. … Continue reading
Posted in 5 Sound. JuneJuly. 2010, Hakuba, Iiyama, Japan Travel, Kiso, Nagano, Places, Ueda
Tagged Peaceful Garden Festival, Sagawa Festival, Ueda Joint Festival
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Young Love for the New and Old of Japanese Enka Music
It is hard to trace where my love for Japanese Enka first began. I can say that I grew up listening to it my whole life. My early childhood was spent living in Taiwan where Enka at the time was … Continue reading
Posted in 5 Sound. JuneJuly. 2010, Enka Music, Music Japan
Tagged enka, Featured, japanese music
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Summer Poetry: “Unfolding” by Justin K. Ellis
Hot summer comes now Like the night after the day Following warm spring. The trees swell with green And pile on the mountains Like the pregnant clouds That swim like fish the streams Of the wide and seamless sky. Soon … Continue reading
Posted in 5 Sound. JuneJuly. 2010, Arts and Culture, Literature, The YomoYama
Tagged Literature, summer
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Nagano’s Music Scene: Interview with Aya Hasegawa
It’s a Saturday night at Nagano City’s India Live the Sky. The music between bands stops, and from behind the fog on stage steps a guitar-and-recorder welding 24-year old singer-songwriter named Aya Hasegawa. Flanked by her lead guitarist, Shingo “Waku” … Continue reading
Posted in 5 Sound. JuneJuly. 2010, Local Musician Features, Music, Music Japan, The YomoYama
Tagged Aya Hasegawa, Featured, local music, rock
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