I like introduce some of my favorite japanese female singers who haunt my own music. I never could thanksfull them enough for their inspiration and deep feeling they moved my heart and soul. Enka or kayo-kokyu, both have same roots in japanese melancolia....

情趣演歌 Enka mood collection Jojo Hiroshige | Shiraishi Tamio 10 inch LP, comes in a silkscreened gatefold jacket with obi, inserts, postcard. Liner notes by Alan Cummings Text by Michel Henritzi ltd to 200 copies Side A of this split LP features self-proclained...

keiko fuji est morte le 22 aout 2013, elle s'est jetée dans le vide à shinjuku. a star is gone. j'ai découvert ce disque dans un jazz kissa enfumé de kyoto, blues sensuels m'accompagnant jusqu'au bout de la nuit, spleen dans l'âme, un sake triste devant...