Lily Lee (李麗芬): 就這樣約定 (It’s A Deal) (1994)
Sometimes all you need is a way in. Sometimes all you need is a voice to lead you through. When one listens…
October 14, 2025
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Rie Miyazawa (宮沢りえ): Chepop (チポップ) (1990)
Do you know who I don’t envy? Pop stars. Out of all the careers or aspirations one can hold in the music…
December 1, 2023
Minako Honda (本田 美奈子): Oversea (オーヴァーシー) (1987)
While I was writing about “Korea’s Madonna”, mentally, my mind going elsewhere, as well, thinking about that other Madonna: the late, great,…
May 12, 2023
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
Mix: 47. All Modern Conveniences
“Old-fashioned she might be, dated like last year’s pop-song…”, so too, must I take it inspiration from the late, great Clifford T.…
December 1, 2020
Terese De Sio: Sindarella Suite (1988)
There’s something I really admire about Naples’ own Teresa De Sio’s way of thinking. When I went around digging through interviews to…
January 14, 2020
Yuki Saito (斉藤 由貴): Love (1991)
I have a confession to make. I have a distinct aversion to “girl” singers. I like my male singers to sound like…
January 10, 2020
Mix: 27. Ruas Y Cidades (Minas Gerais Special: 1973-1990)
Cover Photography by @krstnshtlv As a writer, one always has floating on one’s head drafts of things to cover. For various years…
June 14, 2019
EG and Alice: 24 Years Of Hunger (1991)
We could only be so lucky to age as well as EG and Alice’s 24 Years Of Hunger has. Now, it seems,…
February 12, 2019
Mix: 20. Luftsånger: A Walk With Kindred Spirits (Guest Mix by Klas Trollius)
Guest Mix by Klas Trollius Editor’s Note: I thought about what FOND/SOUND reader Klas states below: “connected to place-making (by creating a certain atmosphere,…
December 11, 2018
Franco Battiato: L’Ombrello E La Macchina Da Cucire (1995)
How many second acts can one artist get? Franco Battiato might already be in his 10th or more. At the time of…
September 11, 2018
Tsugutoshi Goto: City Trickles: 街の雫 (1984)
Simply impressive. What else is there to say about Tsugutoshi Goto’s City Trickles: 街の雫? Most double-LP’s suffer under the weight of their…
August 24, 2018