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The Rough Guide To The Music Of Japan (1999 Album)
''The Rough Guide to the Music of Japan'' is a world music compilation album originally released in 1999. Part of the World Music Network Rough Guides series, the album presents an eclectic mix of the music of Japan ranging from traditional Japanese music (including Ryukyuan and Ainu music) to J-pop by artists of the 1990s. Liner notes were written by Paul Fisher, a journalist and broadcaster specializing in Japanese music and founder of Far Side Music. Phil Stanton—co-founder of the World Music Network—produced the album. This release was followed by a second edition in 2008. Critical reception Alex Henderson of AllMusic AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databas ... called the album an "interesting and eclectic survey" that, like other albums in the series, "keeps us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as CDs replaced LPs as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he researched using metadata to create a music guide. In 1990, in Big Rapids, Michigan, he founded ''All Music Guide' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oki (musician)
, known professionally as OKI, is a Japanese musician of Ainu people, Ainu ancestry. He was born in Hokkaido, and grew up in Kanagawa Prefecture. He studied industrial arts at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. His father, Bikki Sunazawa, was a renowned wood sculptor. Oki uses the tonkori, an Ainu stringed instrument, in his performances and mixes traditional Ainu music with reggae, dub music, dub and other styles of world music. He also plays guitar and traditional Ainu percussion instruments. Oki performs frequently in Japan, and he has also taken part in a number of folk music festivals in other countries. In 2006, he released the album ''Kíla & Oki (album), Kíla & Oki'' with the Irish band, Kíla. His earlier solo albums include collaborations with the female Ainu singing group Marewrew, who sometimes appear in his live show as well. More recently, he has played with his own Oki Dub Ainu Band, which plays mostly traditional Ainu songs in an electric st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tadayoshi Ikawa
Tadayoshi (written: , , , , , or ) is a masculine Japanese given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa .... Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese samurai *, Japanese equestrian *, Japanese ''kugyō'' *, Japanese politician *, Japanese politician *, Japanese ''daimyō'' *, Japanese ''daimyō'' *, Japanese ''daimyō'' *, Japanese idol, singer and actor *, Japanese general *, Japanese samurai and ''daimyō'' *, Japanese ''daimyō'' *, Japanese ''daimyō'' *, Japanese samurai *, Japanese volleyball player {{given name Japanese masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayame Band
Ayame may refer to: * Ayame (given name) * Ayame (train), a train service in Japan * Ayamé, Côte d'Ivoire * LPG/C Ayame, a gas carrier ship * ''Ayame'', a Japanese common name for the plant ''Iris sanguinea ''Iris sanguinea'' is a rhizomatous flowering plant in the genus ''Iris'' and in the series '' Sibiricae''. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in temperate regions. It is one of the species considered a Japanese iris. It is from Asia, found ...'' See also * Ayane (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takashi Hirayasu
(born 5 January 1952 in Nakagusuku, Okinawa) is an Okinawan musician. He has released two albums and is known in the United States particularly for his collaborations with Bob Brozman. He was also a member of Champloose. Discography Albums * ''Jin Jin/Firefly'' CD (2000) * ''Nankuru Naisa'' CD (2001) Contributing artist * '' The Rough Guide to the Music of Japan'' CD (1999, World Music Network World Music Network is a UK-based record label specializing in world music. The World Music Network website features news, reviews, live music listings, and guide sections on world music. It also features an online "Battle of the Bands" compet ...) * ''Putumayo Kids Presents: Asian Dreamland'' CD (2006) * ''Rough Guide To Japan'' CD (2008) References External links Official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Hirayasu, Takashi Japanese male musicians Japanese male singers Living people Singers from Okinawa Prefecture 1952 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takio Band
''Takio'' is a creator-owned comic book series written by Brian Michael Bendis under Marvel Comics' Icon imprint. The title is illustrated by Michael Avon Oeming Michael Avon Oeming is an American comic book creator, both as an artist and writer. Career Oeming is a fan of ancient mythology, having written or drawn several projects centering on the Norse gods. He frequently collaborates with long-time fr .... Plot The series is about two bickering siblings living in an adoptive family; Taki and her younger sister Olivia. When the two girls accidentally gain powers, they decide to become superheroes. Release The series debuted as an original graphic novel in 2011. Due to its success, Bendis continued the story in a sequel miniseries in 2012. Bendis stated that his plan was that the title would be continued in yearly miniseries, which would be collected into individual graphic novels; no such miniseries were produced after 2012. References Marvel Comics limited series C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takio Ito
''Takio'' is a creator-owned comic book series written by Brian Michael Bendis under Marvel Comics' Icon imprint. The title is illustrated by Michael Avon Oeming Michael Avon Oeming is an American comic book creator, both as an artist and writer. Career Oeming is a fan of ancient mythology, having written or drawn several projects centering on the Norse gods. He frequently collaborates with long-time fr .... Plot The series is about two bickering siblings living in an adoptive family; Taki and her younger sister Olivia. When the two girls accidentally gain powers, they decide to become superheroes. Release The series debuted as an original graphic novel in 2011. Due to its success, Bendis continued the story in a sequel miniseries in 2012. Bendis stated that his plan was that the title would be continued in yearly miniseries, which would be collected into individual graphic novels; no such miniseries were produced after 2012. References Marvel Comics limited series C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michihiro Sato
Michihiro Sato (wikt:佐藤, 佐藤wikt:通弘, 通弘, ''Satō Michihiro''; surname Sato; name sometimes listed as Sato Michihiro; (born 1957), is a prominent Japanese player of the ''Tsugaru-jamisen''. Born in Machida, Tokyo, Japan, his mother was a traditional dancer and musician. He became interested in the ''Tsugaru-jamisen'' at an early age after hearing it on a radio broadcast and began intensive study of the instrument in 1970, at the age of 13. At that time, few young people were interested in this instrument; indeed, most of the other students were elderly. When he was a junior in college he moved to Hirosaki, Aomori to become an apprentice to master musician Chisato Yamada. In 1982 and 1983 he won first prize in the national ''Tsugaru-jamisen'' competition, becoming the first performer to win in two consecutive years. He eventually left his sensei to pursue his interest in free improvised music. In 1986 Sato was awarded a Rockefeller Foundation grant, with which he pur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
