‘Music’ Archives
Susan Boyle to Japan in April
Susan Boyle came to Japan last year and she joined the national TV program on December 31st then. She was known to Japanese before that stage but probably that show made her more famous in Japan as it has usually about 50% rating every year. Her first concert tour in Japan seems to have been decided. Coming April she will sing in the Budokan, [...]
John Lennon Museum to be closed
There is John Lennon Museum in Saitama ( close to Tokyo ), Japan. This museum was built about 10 years ago under the licence from Yoko Ono. Recently this museum announced that they would close it soon. This was intended to close 5 years after the opening, but people liked it. It stayed more 5 years in Japan. All the exhibits in the [...]
Whitney Houston in Japan
It's the 7th Japan concert tour for Whitney Houston, and her last tour in Japan was 1997. 13 years have passed since then. During the last decade, her gossip was too much. Most of the news about her coming from the world was not good news. As far as I read the report of the concert, it seems not to be bad at all. Although Whitney looks [...]
WINGS TO FLY-Susan Boyle…Great !
SUSAN BOYLE came out to the world with her amazing voice. And again, she made it. Her Japanese debut CD, I dreamt a dream, has a bonus track called WINGS TO FLY. Please listen to it by clicking above YouTube Video. This is an old hit song in Japan, which was sung by also an old pop group called AKAI TORI or Red Birds in English [...]
HIKARU UTADA says Good bye to her new lover
HIKARU UTADA is, probably, the Japanese top musician who can work not only in Japan but in the world. She was born in the USA and her bilingual ability helps herself work in the world music market. Also her parents are also singer and producer respectively, so her destiny to become a musician might have been decided when she was born [...]
MANABU OSHIO to be prosecuted
MANABU OSHIO, a musician ( some may don't call him musician but just TV character or something), was arrested because of use of prohibited drugs at an apartment with a girl, who died at the time. Many suspected that Manabu Oshio first used the drug and gave her the same drug, but Manabu Oshio denied and said that he was given the drug by the [...]
Joe Hisaishi – Piano Story
Joe Hisaishi is already well known in the world, but still especially among anime fans or Hayao Miyazaki film fans. If you have never experienced Japanese music, not Japanese modern pop music but a Japanese real composer's music, please try Joe Hisaishi first of all. There is a truth of talent, and existence of genius, inside Joe Hisaishi. [...]
KUMI KODA, “BEST -third universe-” and eighth original album “8th AL Universe”
Kumi Koda is a very cute girl although she dances and sings with erotic expression. She was not such a popluar singer when she debuted, as she shows her erotic and unique sining style, she became popular gradually. Now Kumi Koda's new album is waited by a lot of fans. Jpop diva Kumi Koda returns with greatest hits album "BEST -third [...]
RIMI NATUSKAWA now pregnant
We've not recently heard of RIMI NATSUKAWA's news. But today she was reported that she is now pregnant and would be having her first baby in August. I, personally, am not a fan of her, but her voice seems to tell a lot to people. So she has many fans in Japan still. Probably she will be singing again after she gets her first baby safely.
PRISM is all time popular fusion band of Japan
There are and were good music bands in Japan. Recently Japanese music are thought to be VISUAL bands like X Japan. But some decades ago, there were very good jazz bands and fusion music bands. Especially Casiopea, Prism, and Square were the most famous and kept long time popularity in Japanese fusion music history. Japanese fusion bands [...]
