Links

 

Far Side Radio
http://www.resonancefm.com
Presented by Paul Fisher, is broadcast live every Wednesday from 12 noon until 1pm on Resonance 104.4FM for those in central London, and worldwide on the net at http://www.resonancefm.com Playing the best music from Japan, Okinawa, Indonesia, Malaysia, China, Korea etc..probably the best place to hear the music featured on this web site.

Bob Brozman
http://www.bobbrozman.com
Artist page of collaborator with Takashi Hirayasu and many other musicians.

THE BOOM Music Gallery
http://www.five-d.co.jp/boom/
The home of the Boom, including English page.

Charlie Gillett
http://www.charliegillett.com
The home of our favourite world music broadcaster with links to his excellent radio programmes.

Far East Radio
http://www.five-d.co.jp/boom/NEWS/radio/index.html
3 years of on air lists of radio programmes presented by Paul Fisher and Kazufumi Miyazawa of the Boom on FM Cocolo (Kansai), Love FM (Kyushu), and Radio Momo (Okayama). This is a Japanese page.
The Far Eastern Audio Review
http://www.fareastaudio.com
Fascinating site that posts news and reviews CDs from all over East Asia, a great place to comment yourself on what you hear.

fRoots
http://www.frootsmag.com
The web pages of the world's leading roots magazine.

OCTOPUS ARMY
http://cfmu.mcmaster.ca
Mondays 5 pm EST - presented by James Hayashi Tenant- excellent Internet radio show playing contemporary music from Japan.

The Phat Planet
http://www.thephatplanet.com/
A wide range of CDs from around the world.
Philmultic Management and Productions
http://www.philmultic.com
Home of Chinese pipa and guzheng player Liu Fang, represented in Europe by Far Side Music.

Tropical Music
http:/www.tropical-music.com
German record company who have released some Japanese CDs, including Cicala Mvta and An-Chang Project
World Event Village
http://www.worldeventvillage.com
Featuring on demand streaming videos of live gigs, festivals and other events from around the world, including footage taken by Paul Fisher. You will need a high speed Internet connection. Features Bob Brozman, Takashi Hirayasu and Djeli Moussa Djawara, at their only ever joint performance, and many other great content from around the world.

World Music Network
http://www.worldmusic.net
For the Rough Guide compilations and Takashi Hirayasu& Bob Brozman European release.