Our favorite O-Pop group from Yaeyama, BEGIN, is back as a trio after taking a break and taking on solo/side projects. October 2006’s single “Sanshin no Hana” (TECI-109) marked their return as a group and in 2007 they’ll go on tour, see the release of their autobiographical movie “Koishikute” (the theme song to the film, “Miifaifyuu” [TECI-110], is set to be released on February 7, 2007), and a new album (kind of). While it’s not an original full-album but rather a cover album called “Sanshin no Hana Utagassen” (TECI-1152), it’s a new release nonetheless. The album will feature four (NOSE WATER, Orange Clover, SOUNDER BIRDS and Born ti Cafta.) of the group’s kouhai from Yaeyama and will be released to the wild on March 7, 2007.
Begin-ing to Release Albums Again (Kind of)
cool, hope to be able to hear it if not buy it when it comes out, not to many places here in hawaii anymore huh
happy new year
[…] Orange Clover Gets It Two days ago I blogged about BEGIN’s plans for 2007 and one of the artists that I mentioned on that post caught my attention. Orange Clover is a relatively new J/O-pop duo from Ishikagi-jima who released their first album “LaLaLaLaLa” in 2004. Female lead singer/lyricist Shinobu Nakasone and male guitarist/composer Nobuhiro Miyara only have that debut album to their credit but through their website you can download samples of the duo’s music (and that’s where they get it). Also available are the lyrics to each song and while only one is available as a full-song, the others are 1-2 minute samples which leaves you wanting to listen to the whole thing! It looks like (at least according to their website) the only place to find the album in Naha is at cool record store, Get Happy Records. Other than that store, you’ll only find it for sale in Ishigaki-jima record shops. Orange Clover is definitely worth a listen and I’d buy it in a snap if it were available through the iTunes Store. […]