Chika Ueda (上田知華): いつも 2人で (Always 2 People) (1994)
You know, some days I’m grateful I have a platform to highlight music that others might pass on. It’s why you get…
December 2, 2022
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Annie Whitehead: Mix Up (1985)
If you can imagine, imagine what it is to be a woman. For those already identifying as one, venture onwards. Then, compound…
November 29, 2022
Carioca (カリオカ): Pale Moon (ペール・ムーン) (1984)
Who knows where the time goes? Because, apparently, lately it’s me. Through some fated collusion of circumstance and consequence, both personal and…
November 23, 2022
Mix: 71. The Winter Requiem
Isn’t it funny the things that make us emotional? For me — I’m unafraid to share — it seems it’s experiencing “beautiful”…
November 15, 2022
Toshiro Mitsutomi (みつとみ俊郎): Stand By Satie (スタンド・バイ・サティ) (1988)
Stand By Satie? It’s pretty hard not to, when a whole slew of musicians – in all styles and genres – have…
November 4, 2022
Kim Doo Soo (김두수): 보헤미안 (Bohemian) (1991)
Here’s something that not many are afraid to admit: a lot of us hate to be lost in the wilderness. It’s its…
November 1, 2022
Joe Hisaishi (久石譲): Ano Natsu, Ichiban Shizukana Umi 『あの夏, いちばん静かな海』(1991)
Fall is something else, isn’t it? As beautiful as the season is – simply one look outside can affirm this – there’s…
October 28, 2022
Miguel Braga: Ritual (1990)
I’ll be one of the first to admit this: intriguing album designs draw me in. Even in the age of digital artwork,…
October 25, 2022
Mix: 70. Castles In The Air
It’s such a cliche but it’s one that bears repeating: sometimes music just speaks to you. While listening to Chyi Yu’s wonderful…
October 18, 2022
Anna Banana (アンナ・バナナ): 大きな絵 (Big Picture) (1991)
She didn’t have to do this, yet, nevertheless, she persisted. That’s the refrain bopping in my head as I go through Anna…
October 7, 2022
Endeavour (民藝復興): 極樂 (Elysium) (1992)
There’s a reason that art can transcend time, space, and vocabulary. It does so because it can speak to something innate born…
October 4, 2022
Masahide Sakuma (佐久間正英): In A Garden (創造の庭で)
Six years. Has it really been that long? Yes, it has been nearly six years since I first wrote about the late,…
September 30, 2022