Japan
Saturday 23 September 2006 15:00-16:00 (Radio 3)
Paul Fisher hosts a World Routes special recorded on location in Japan.
Playlist
WORLD ROUTES
Presented by Paul Fisher
Produced by James Parkin
Tel. 020 7765 4661
Fax. 020 7765 4378
e-mail world.routes@bbc.co.uk
Saturday 23 September 2006, 3:00pm
1/2. Paul is in Tokyo where he meets some of the country's top folk musicians - including the Minyo singers Shigeri Kitsu and Takio Ito. He also hears Cicala Muta's take on Klezmer, meets the most famous exponent of the ubiquitous Taiko drum, and hires a Karaoke booth.
Music details:
Shigeri Kitsu & Katsuaki Sawada: Traditional tune (1.07)
album: Tsuru To Kame
Victor VZCG-248
Shigeri Kitsu & Katsuaki Sawada: Akita Nikata Bushi (2.14)
album: Ai No Kaze
Victor VZCG-311
Shigeri Kitsu & Katsuaki Sawada: Tsuke Haiya (2.57)
album: Tsuru To Kame
Victor VZCG-248
Cicala Muta: Takesu (3.05)
Cicala Muta: Havanagira-Klezmer (2.17)
BBC recording, not commercially available
Hayashi Eitetsu and others: Shi-bu-ki (1.22)
album: Haru
King Records KICP 577
Ondekoza: Yumigahama (2.32)
album: Fujiyama
Victor VICG-60010
Hayashi Eitetsu and others: Shumichi Nagahama Bushi (2.49)
album: Haru
King Records KICP 577
Takio Ito and his band: Soran Bushi (3.00)
Takio Ito and his band: Doran Kudoki (2.45)
BBC Recording, not commercially available
Koto Vortex: White Man Sleeps (comp. Kevin Volans) (2.03)
album: Arcadia
Paradise Records KVOR-002
Takashi Hirayasu and Gen Nagahara: Udui Shisa (1.19)
BBC Recording, not commercially available
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