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#617 — Japanese connections, oddities and tradition

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Program 617
Umeko Ando - Ihunke
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A couple of new releases first, and then we're off to Japan, to hear some oddities like prog rock, jazz fusion and reggae, but also folk, indigenous songs, and traditional instruments not always where you might expect to hear them.  It could get a bit weird. 

Playlist

ARTIST
Title  [Dur.]
Album  (Year)

NOVALIMA
La Danza [4:00]
La Danza Pt. 1 (EP) (2023)

DANDELION WINE  
Faerie Lullaby [6:11]
Hereafter (2023)

Umeko ANDO
Iyomante Upopo [5:55]
Ihunke (2018)

OKI DUB AINU BAND
Toya [4:34]
Shakhalin Rock / Himalayan Dub (2011)

OKI
Iso Kaari Irehte (feat. Umeko Ando) [3:57]
Tonkori in the Moonlight (2022)

KIKAGAKU MOYO
Kogarashi [4:42]
House in the Tall Grass (2016)

CHRONICLE
Tashikematai (I'd Like To Make Sure) [3:48]
Like A Message From The Stars .... (1977)

Noriko TADANO & George KAMIKAWA  
Choja No Yama [3:45]
East West (2010)

TOKYO MINYO CLUB 東京民謡倶楽部 
Kotobuki [4:19]
MinYo Songbook Vol. 1 (2023)

MOUNTAIN MOCHA KILIMANJARO
Sweet LAS Coke [3:36]
Uhura Peak (2012)

MINYO CRUSADERS
Hohai Bushi [5:10]
Echoes of Japan (2019)

Theme: Garry Havrillay — Fragments of Memory (edit) — Aurora (2018)