| Yoshida Brothers / Tsugaru Shamisen |
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| Album: | Tsugaru Shamisen | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Yoshida Brothers | Added: | Jun 2008 | |
| Label: | Domo Records, Inc. | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2008-06-22 | Pull Date: | 2008-08-24 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Aug 24 | Aug 17 | Aug 10 | Aug 3 | Jul 20 | Jul 13 | Jul 6 | Jun 29 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Sep 07, 2010: | At the Cafe Bohemian Overland Blues | 4. | Aug 31, 2008: | The Zikr Kodo | |
| 2. | Aug 03, 2010: | At the Cafe Bohemian Overland Blues | 5. | Aug 22, 2008: | Memory Select Overland Blues | |
| 3. | Apr 28, 2009: | At the Cafe Bohemian Overland Blues | 6. | Aug 21, 2008: | Sunshine ... in the Afternoon Kodo (Inside The Sun Remix) |
| Album Review |
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| Decca Reviewed 2008-06-21 | ||
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A “best of” album featuring the wildly popular Japanese brothers and their Tsugaru Shamisens (a 3-foot long, 3-stringed instrument played with a pick). They blend traditional Japanese with western influences and create a very cool sound. Variously backed by strings, perc, and other instruments. Instrumentals. *1. Slow female wailing then fast shamisen electronica. Tres hip. 4:22 *2. Way cool, upbeat dueling shamisens. 3:18 *3. Cool country twang w/shamisens as banjos. Mid, great sound. 4:31 4. Slow & sweeping blend of old & new w/a lush sound. Picks up. 3:21 *5. Upbeat picking, a lively tour-de-force. 2:24 6. Taiko drums/flute a mid/upbeat modernization of a traditional sound. 6:37 *7. Cool blend of accordion/strings/perc. Sweeping w/varying tempos. 4:24 8. Keyboards/bass. Soft, lyrical, nostalgic, downtempo. 3:31 9. Fast picking with some great tradeoffs between the two. 3:46 10, Starts w/a trad-taiko sound. Add lush strings. Slow soundtrack. 4:41 *11. Remix of #2 w/electronica. Used in a Wii ad. 4:13 13. Tribute to Ennio Morricone. Various tempos, extra electrics. Kinda cool. 5:42 | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Storm | 7. | Passion | |||
| 2. | Kodo | 8. | My Heart Holds | |||
| 3. | Overland Blues | 9. | Blooming | |||
| 4. | A Hill With No Name | 10. | Cherry Blossoms In Winter | |||
| 5. | Modern | 11. | Kodo | |||
| 6. | Saiun | 12. | Rising | |||
| 13. | Morricone | |||||