Archive for the ‘Music’ Category

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Nobuyuki Tsujii (Pianist)

July 26, 2009

“When I was a kid, I once said, ‘I’m blind,’ and my parents went quiet. So I quickly added, ‘But I’m all right because I play the piano,’ to try and console them. It’s my true feeling,” Tsujii said.

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Maaya Sakamoto Live Tour 2009

July 4, 2009

We Are Kazeyomi

Maaya really puts her soul into her singing – she even shed tears while performing some songs.

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Kenji Kawai Concert

July 4, 2009

Kenji Kawai (Death Note, Eden of the East, Fate/stay night, Ghost in the Shell, Higurashi, Maison Ikkoku, Gundam, Moribito, Patlabor, Ranma ½, Vampire Princess Miyu)

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Joe Hisaishi: Greatest Hits

March 29, 2009

Joe Hisaishi’s music was often featured in Ghibli films, but he also composed music for many live-action movies. This is a selection of some of his best soundtracks.

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World Visionaries: Toru Takemitsu

March 20, 2009
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Japanese Music Idols: Candies (1970s)

March 15, 2009
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Tsugaru-Jamisen Music: Takahashi Chikuzan

March 7, 2009
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Goma da Didgeridoo and Tucker Music

February 26, 2009

Aboriginal sound with techno and kitchen utensils :)

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Kōhaku Uta Gassen 2008

January 2, 2009

Kōhaku Uta Gassen (紅白歌合戦, Kōhaku Uta Gassen), more commonly known as simply Kōhaku, is an annual music show on the New Year’s Eve. Literally “Red and White Song Battle,” the program divides the most popular music artists of the year into competing teams of red and white. The “red” team or akagumi (赤組, 紅組, akagumi?) is composed of all female artists (or groups with female vocals), while the “white” team or shirogumi (白組, shirogumi?) is all male (or groups with male vocals). Read the rest of this entry ?

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“Kuzunoha no Kowakare” by Tsukioka Yukiko

January 2, 2009

Goze (瞽女) is a Japanese historic term referring to visually impaired Japanese women, of whom most worked as musicians. A part of recording “Kuzunoha’s Child Separation” was used in Sara’s performance in Samurai Champloo. It is sung by Tsukioka Yukiko, who studied the recordings of the “last of the Goze’”, Haru Kobayashi and Shizu Sugimoto, and even walked a pilgrimage of all 88 temples of Shikoku island to understand the harsh life of these traveling performers. Read the rest of this entry ?

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Genji Monogatari Symphony – Isao Tomita

December 18, 2008
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Denki Groove: Fake It (Hideyuki Tanaka)

November 1, 2008

This is much more fun that the Olympics :P Read the rest of this entry ?