| Hirota, Joji / Japanese Folk Songs |
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| Album: | Japanese Folk Songs | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Hirota, Joji | Added: | 09/2007 | |
| Label: | Arc Music Inc. | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2007-09-30 | Pull Date: | 2007-12-02 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | 2 Dec | 18 Nov | 11 Nov | 4 Nov | 28 Oct | 21 Oct | 14 Oct | 7 Oct |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 31, 2011: | Music Casserole Solan Bushi | 4. | Dec 02, 2007: | Transmission Overload Haru No Umi | |
| 2. | May 08, 2009: | The Professor Barnaby J. Finkerton Variety Hour -- Music of Classical Japan Jawa Kai No Shima Jima, Sakura Variations | 5. | Nov 27, 2007: | At the Cafe Bohemian Solan Bushi | |
| 3. | Dec 04, 2007: | At the Cafe Bohemian Solan Bushi | 6. | Nov 16, 2007: | No Cover, No Minimum Solan Bushi |
| Album Review |
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| Decca Reviewed 2007-09-25 | ||
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Hirota, a taiko drummer, shakuhachi (flute) player, singer, and composer performs traditional folk songs ranging from fishermen’s work songs to lullabies. They feature a traditional, classical Japanese sound and everything is elegantly performed. Good notes on each track. All tracks slow & stately, joined by violin, harp, other strings. *1. Slow, lyrical w/a beautiful melody & stately vocals/flute. 2. 4 variations on a cherry blossom song. Slow & emotional. 3. Medley of kids’ songs. Slow but delicate and hopeful. Kids chorus. *4. Lovely, evocative song of the sea. Slow and sweeping. *5. A heartbreaking, homesick song. Slow and sad, but pretty. 6. Starts VERY quietly. Then a sweet, gentle lullaby. 7. Slow and moving w/soaring vocals & fluid strings. *8. An original comp w/flute & strings. So pretty & haunting. 9. Relaxed and peaceful w/big vocals & a sweeping epic sound. 10. Another sad track, full of longing. Lyrical & melodic. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Solan Bushi | 6. | Komori Uta | |||
| 2. | Sakura Variations | 7. | Kokiriko Bushi | |||
| 3. | Kodomo No Uta Medorei | 8. | Jawa Kai No Shima Jima | |||
| 4. | Haru No Umi | 9. | Komoro Mago Uta | |||
| 5. | Esashi Oiwake | 10. | Takena No Komori Uta |