Yoshida Brothers / Yoshida Brothers 2
Album: Yoshida Brothers 2   Collection:World
Artist:Yoshida Brothers   Added:Aug 2004
Label:Domo Records, Inc.  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2004-11-08 Pull Date: 2005-01-10 Charts: Reggae/World
Week Ending: Jan 9 Dec 26 Dec 19 Dec 12 Nov 28 Nov 21 Nov 14
Airplays: 1 1 1 2 1 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Feb 17, 2014: Happy Hour
Nikata
4. Jan 11, 2008: Rorschach's Dance
Kagero
2. Jul 03, 2012: At the Cafe Bohemian
Mirage
5. Feb 16, 2007: Memory Select
Kagero
3. Sep 11, 2011: TillamockingBird
Arigato
6. Jan 05, 2005: At the Cafe Bohemian
Frontier

Album Review
Chuan-Mei Lee
Reviewed 2004-10-29
The Yoshida brothers, apparently quite popular in Japan, combine the traditional Japanese tsugaru-shamisen (3-foot long, 3-stringed instrument played with a pick) with Western instruments to create a collection of soothing, new-agey songs. This is their second album. --Chuan-Mei

1. * very "new-age" sounding, accompanying strings and percussion give a full, epic sound; slow tempo (5:32)
2. accompanying guitar, bass, fast rhythmic drumming solo, some organ; fast tempo (5:04)
3. guitar gives Latin flavor, mid-fast tempo (5:18)
4. * soothing, traditional song with flute and strings, slow tempo (4:24)
5. improvised, dueling tsugaru-shamisens, fast tempo (3:41)
6. twangy rythmic, bluesy fusion, mid tempo (5:15)
7. * Spanish-inspired Flamenco guitar, tabla and persussion, mid-fast tempo (5:01)
8. soothing and calm, quiet harps, slow tempo (4:22)
9. traditional Japanese folk song modernized by guitars and drumming, fast tempo (4:31)
10. ** tsugaru-shamisen duet, very fast tempo
(2:16)
11. soothing, opens with birds chirping, keyboards, bells, slow tempo (4:11)
12. track #5 remixed with electronic beats, fast tempo (4:12)

Track Listing
1. Frontier   7. Kagero
2. Gales of Wind   8. Evening Calm
3. Mirage   9. Nikata
4. Lullaby of Takeda   10. Old/New Modern 3RD Movement
5. Kodo   11. Arigato
6. Indigo   12. Kodo-Inside the Sun Remix