 | SHIGERI KITSU Japanese Voice
Price: £15.99 (Reference #FSD5222)Six track mini album from one of the best Japanese vocalists around. Traditional minyo folk songs usually sung by women, given a new interpretation and contemporary twist. 1. Takeda no Komoriuta 2. Oshima Anko Bushi - koto version 3. Sara Sara - from Kan Kon Shu- 4. Yokai - Tanegashima no Komoriuta 5. Oshima Anko Bushi - guitar version 6. Itsuki no Komoriuta | |
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AYA KAGAYAMA Ayamoyou - Aya Kagayama no Minyo (Reference #FSD5127)Aya Kagayama is a new star minyo singer and kokyu (Chinese style violin) player from Kanazawa city in Ishikawa prefecture. On this album she sings nine minyo classics from the Hokuriku area and one song written by her father who is also a minyo singer and her teacher. 1. Koiji Funauta 2. Ecchu Owara 3. Notojima Asagaeshi no Uta 4. Fukura Mojiri 5. Gokayama Oiwake 6. Mihamanebari Hikiuta 7. Yamanaka Bushi - Yamanaka Teppojisji Oodori 8. Mugiya Bushi - Hayamugiya 9. Yoami Bushi 10. Kokiriko Uta 
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 | KAZUMI Tamashii no Uta
Price: £16.99 (Reference #FSD4645)Kazumi is a minyo singer from Hokkaido. She has won virtually every minyo competition going in Hokkaido, and at a young age was featured on Haruomi Hosono's album Omni Sight Seeing in 1988. She has performed in Uzbekistan, USA, Australia and at the Llangollen International Music Festival in Wales in 2004. Mix of minyo and some modern influences, although mostly traditional. 1. Esashi Oiwake 2. Esashi Kudoki 3. Esashi Jinku 4. Esashi Mgouta 5. Donan Kudoki 6. Iyasaka Ondo 7. Soran Bushi 8. Donan Natobushi 9. Hokkai Taratsuri Bushi 
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KYOMIN'S Kyomin's- Furusato Niji no Kakehashi (Reference #FSD4649)Kyomin's are three young minyo singers and musicians. Akiko Omodaka, sings plays the shamisen, sanshin and taiko, Masanori Tsubaki plays tsugaru shamisen and sings vocals and hayashi (backing vocals) while Souki Matsuura dances plays taiko and sings hayashi. This is their first mini-album on which they mix different styles and instruments in a fairly unusual way to introduce various types of minyo. 1. Yasuki Bushi, Shigesa Bushi 2. Tsugaru Shamisen Kyokubiki 3. Tawarazakia, Ushibuka Haiya Bushi 4. Akita Nikata Bushi, Honjo Oiwake, Akita Funakata Bushi 5. Juku no Haru, Tanchamae Bushi
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 | KOUME AKASAKA Shihou
Price: £20.99 (Reference #FSD4637)Koume Akasaka, born in 1906 in Fukuoka, was a legendary Japanese singer of minyo, or folk songs. She trained and learnt her art as a geisha, made her recording debut in 1929 and reached her height of popularity in the 1940s. 20 tracks including her biggest hit Kuroda Bushi released in 1942. She died in 1992. 1. Kuroda bushi 2. Tankou Bushi - Kitakyushu Tankou Bushi 3. Otemoyan 4. Tawaraszaka 5. Hietsuki Bushi 6.Komoro Magouta 7. Soroban Odori 8. Hakama Odori 9. Hirato Bushi 10. Hakudouzan Bushi 11. Iwaiuta Kuroda Bushi 12. Asama no Kemuri 13. Kokura Bushi 14. Seicho Hakata Bushi 15. Moshimo Kimama ni 16. Hakata Bushi 17. Gouketsu Bushi 18. Yurushite ne 19. Harete Au Yoru wa 20. Hontoni Sounara | |
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VARIOUS Minyo Collection from Columbia Stars (Reference #FSD4529)2 CD collection of some of the most loved minyo songs sung by some of the most famous singers. Disc 1 1. Harumi Miyako / Seicho Matsumae Oiwake Bushi (Hokkaido) 2. Tatsue Kaneda / Matsumae Tarazuri Bushi (Hokkaido) 3. Chiyoko Shimakura / Nanbu Ushioi Uta (Iwate) 4. Hibari Misora / Saitaro Bushi (Taigyo Utaikomi) (Miyagi) 5. Kazuo Funaki / Mamurogawa Ondo (Yamagata) 6. Hibari Misora / Souma Bonuta (Fukushima) 7. Hibari Misora / Byakkotai (Fukushima) 8. Ichiro Kanbe, Midori Satsuki / Aizu Bandaisan (Fukushima) 9. Harumi Miyako / Hanagasa Ondo (Yamagata) 10. Kokichi Takada / Sankai Bushi (Niigata) 11. Midori Hatakeyama / Aikawa Ondo (Niigata) 12. Hibari Misora / Sado Okesa (Niigata) 13. Eisaku Ohkawa / Chakkiri Bushi (Shizuoka) 14. Chiyoko Shimakura / Meshizaka Kouta (Fukushima) 15. Hisaya Morishige / Danchone Bushi (Kanagawa) Disc 2 1. Hibari Misora / Tokiwa Tanko Bushi (Ibaraki) 2. Kazuo Funaki / Kiso Bushi (Nagano) 3. Hibari Misora / Tankai Bushi (Mie) 4. Hibari Misora / Kushimoto Bushi (Wakayama) 5. Chiyoko Shimakura / Soya no Konahiki Bushi (Tokushima) 6. Komadori Shimai / Yosakoi Bushi (Kochi) 7. Hisaya Morishige / Konpira Funafuna (Kagawa) 8. Harumi Miyako / Yasuki Bushi (Hiroshima) 9. Hideo Murata / Kuroda Bushi (Fukuoka) 10. Hibari Misora / Hietsuki Bushi (Miyazaki) 11. Hibari Misora / Tawarazaka (Kumamoto) 12. Hibari Misora / Itsuki no Komoriuta (Miyazaki) 13. Chiyoko Shimakura / Take no Shintaro san (Saga) 14. Chiyoko Shimakura / Ume no Utagenka (Oita) 15. Akira Kobayashi / Kagoshima Ohara Bushi (Kagoshima)
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 | UMEKICHI Umekichi Tamatebako- Yoseuta Zokkyoku-shu
Price: £18.99 (Reference #FSD4987)Collection of sophisticated Zokkyoku from the Edo period often sung at Yose (small halls mainly used for rakugo, ryokyoku and other similar entertainments) and by geisha. 1. Haru wa Ureshiya 2. Shiba de Umarete 3. Fukagawa Kuzushi 4. Shinagawa Jinku 5. Harukaze ga Soyo Soyo to 6. Dodoitsu 7. Dodoitsu 8. Dodoitsu 9. Jiamari Dodoitsu 10. Ume wa Saitaka 11. Yakko san 12. Sanosa 13. Kikori Kuzushi | |
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UMEKICHI Okuni Meguri 2 (Reference #FSD4937)Second volume of Edo era (1603-1867) popular tunes sung by the self-styled modern day geisha. Shamisen, plus keyboards, percussion and other instruments in an excellent mix of old and new and the brilliant vocals of Umekichi. 1.Misasa Kouta 2. Kaigara Bushi 3. Kusatsu Bushi 4. Jouban Tankou Bushi 5. Yamanaka Bushi 6. Kushimoto Bushi 7. Sangai Bushi 8. Owase Bushi 9. Itsuki no Komoriuta 10. Yakyu Ken 11. Shimotsui Bushi 12. Yosakoi Bushi 13. Horehore Bushi 
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 | UMEKICHI Umekichi Sings Doyo & Shoka (Children's Songs & Lyrical Songs)
Price: £23.99 (Reference #FSD4356)On this album, the wonderful 'geisha' singer Umekichi sings and plays shamisen on some of the Japan's best known children's and lyrical songs. Traditional songs in modern arrangements. 1. Osaru no Kagoya 2. Tohryanse 3. Haru no Ogawa 4. Shojoji no Tanuki Bayashi 5. Jugoya Otsuki-san 6. Donguri Koro Koro 7. Takibi 8. Mikan no Hana Saku Oka 9. Nyan Nyan Odori 10. Aka Tombo 11. Akai Kutsu 12. Nanatsu no Ko 13. Oborozukiyo 14. Amefuri Otsuki San 15. Natsu no Omoide 16. Hanayome Ningyo 17. Yuyake Koyake
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