After singing as heroine in Mamoru Hosoda’s animated film “Belle“, promising singer-songwriter Kaho Nakamura (中村佳穂) shared her third full-length effort “NIA”.
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betcover!!, a solo project of Jiro Yanase from Tokyo, might be the Japanese equivalent of King Krule.
Japanese folk meets elements of post-rock and improvisations on Yuta Orisaka’s third album “Shinri” (心理), which means “State of mind”.
While inspired by Wild Beasts and Radiohead, Chinese alternative rockers Silent Speech create their own, fascinating world.
Some of Tokyo’s most fascinating musicians meet on Reisaburo Adachi new-old record.
A richly fluid album layered to the tee in bells, whistles, and exotic guitar riffs.
Nigeria. Lebanon. Taiwan. Canada. Hear the world.
What makes good folk music? It is a difficult question, and the answer is multi-faceted. But thankfully, I listen to 이랑 (Lang Lee) whenever I come up with that question.