Yang Xiao-lin (楊小琳): 禧樂 (I Take You There) (1999)
The more I listen to Yang Xiao-lin’s 禧樂 (I Take You There), the more I’m impressed by how malleable folklore is. In…
May 16, 2023
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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
새바람이 오는 그늘 (The Shade With New Wind): 1집 (1st Album)(1990)
Charming, breezy, and wonderfully multi-layered, those are a few of the many adjectives one can use to describe the sole work by…
September 27, 2022
Salon Music (サロンミュージック): O Boy (1988)
Certain albums are pretty hard to justify, or quantify, the how, when, or why to share. Salon Music’s O Boy isn’t one…
March 18, 2022
Katsuhiko Nakagawa (中川勝彦): Lover People (ラヴァー・ピープル) (1988)
Surely, he must have known. That’s all I can think about when I listen to Katsuhiko Nakagawa’s memorial album, Again, Me… Released…
February 18, 2022
Anthony Wong (黃耀明): 明明不是天使 (I’m No Angel) (1994)
Where does one even start with Anthony Wong? Know that what I’m picking from his diverse catalog is just a snapshot (perhaps…
February 15, 2022
Tokiko Kato (加藤登紀子): Hana (花) (1995)
‘Tokiko Kato’ – now that’s a name. A giant of Japanese folk music, it was Tokiko who in many ways was at…
February 11, 2022
Shinji Harada (原田真二): Doing Wonders (ドゥーイング・ワンダース) (1986)
“Prince.” Now with that out of the way, can I focus on what I think is one of J-Soul’s least heralded and…
January 21, 2022
Mix: 59. Christmas & Glasgow
Sometimes when I get dug in a corner, it’s pretty hard to get me out of it. In this case, it was…
December 7, 2021
Mix: 58. Psalm Of Motion
What exactly is darkness? Is it a sensation, a color, or a feeling? It’s something I kept asking myself for my recent…
November 9, 2021
Lion Merry (ライオン・メリィ): Don Quixote’s Squire (ドン・キホーテの従者) (1992)
It’s rare to find someone bridging the gap between Jethro Tull, Marc Bolan’s T-Rex, The Orb, and Toumani Diabate, but it seems…
August 13, 2021
Francesco Paladino: Eroi A Rio (1991)
With the recent passing of the late, great Jon Hassell, I think it’s important to break down something worthwhile he’d be proud…
June 29, 2021