The YouTuber (teamrimi) has several other videos from this session so be sure to check them out!
Category Archives: Utasaa
Toru Yonaha on YouTube
I’m loving this so much that I want to share this short video of the song “Urazagwaa” featuring Toru Yonaha and Mayumi Yamakawa. Clip is from tadaitsu’s YouTube channel shot at this year’s Koza Terurin Matsuri. If you can handle the shaky camera work, the next video features Misako Koja and Toru Yonaha singing Koja’s …
Seijin Noborikawa to release new album on 4/14/10
Seijin Noborikawa’s “Fountain of Songs” — his first original album in two years — will be released on April 14, 2010, from Respect Record. The album will have a total of 12 tracks including five written by the utasaa legend. Be sure to check out his albums that are already available at the iTunes Store …
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Ayano Uema shares video of “PW無情”
You can file this in the “let’s hope more artist get in on this” category. Popular (and beautiful I might add) utasaa Ayano Uema shares a PV (well, kinda) of her rendition of the song “PW 無情” (the Prisoner of War song) on YouTube. Accompanying Ayano on piano is Yasushi Matsumoto of Taiyofu Orchestra. (Via …
Sadao China has a big 2009
2009 has turned out to be a big year for the utasaa great, Sadao China. Perhaps the biggest was the King Records limited edition 6-CD box set “Shimauta Hyakkei” released back in October. (The box set can be purchased at our favorite online retailer, CDJapan.) Yeah, a CD box set release may not be the …
Chihiro Kamiya performing “Hamachidori” at a sanshin shop
Awesome live performance of Chihiro Kamiya for okinawa-sanshin.com playing a Nohara yunā sanshin that’s being sold by the shop. There are a couple of other videos up at their YouTube channel. (Via Chihiro Kamiya’s official blog.)
King Records to release a 6-CD box set of Sadao China’s recordings
I heard about this upcoming release about a month or so ago but haven’t seen any big promotions of it—which is quite sad indeed. So we here at Karakui.com will do our part by promoting the King Records release of a 6-disc box set featuring music by utasaa (Okinawan folk singer) legend Sadao China. Titled …
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Yasukatsu Oshima’s albums available on iTunes!
I’ve long, long, been a fan of utasaa (minyou singer) Yasukatsu Oshima and although I already own most of the albums in his discography, having his music readily available for other future fans on iTunes is simply awesome. I have to give a lot of props to whoever is in charge of promoting the singer …
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Long-awaited debut album from Sadahito China
Gosh, I think this release is more than a decade in the making and I believe it’ll be well-worth the wait. Sadahito has for years, been one of the backup musicians for O-pop quartet Nenes, is also the second son of legendary utasaa Sadao China. So I’ve always thought it strange that it took so …
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Misako Oshiro & Toru Yonaha to release collaboration album!
Mark your calendars for this historic (well, IMHO) release: on June 24 veteran singer Misako Oshiro and popular singer-songwriter (and producer) Toru Yonaha will release a collaboration album titled “Futari Uta~Umui Keishou.” The 12-track (including a bonus track of a live performance at Misako’s Shima Umui) album is produced by Toru Yonaha and will be …
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