Takeharu Kunimoto, Chris Duarte & Buddy Guy

#jazz #japanese #shamisen #blues #livemusic #music #guitar #electricguitar

I'm playing a #Shamisen #gig in #SeftonPark #Liverpool 28th June 2026. https://jsnw.org.uk/the-matsuri-returns-for-2026/ I have two short sets, 14:15 & 16:15
The Matsuri Returns for 2026! – Japan Society North West

Handcoloured postcard of traditional japanese musical instruments (和楽器 wagakki). From around 1900.

#postcard #photography #shamisen #shimedaiko #ōtsuzumi #instruments #folkMusic #folkcustom #japan #ensemble #silentmusic #music

林英哲 Ei-tetsu Hayashi & 木下伸市 Shinn-ichi Kino-shita "-SHI-BU-KI-"

東京都千代田区 国立劇場・1997年度民俗芸能公演よりFrom the National Theater, Chiyoda, Tokyo · Folk Performing Performance in 1997和太鼓の達人(林英哲)と三味線の達人(木下伸市)の共演Collaboration between ma...

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Sefton Park Japanese Matsuri. – Japan Society North West

Ended Wednesday and welcomed Thursday with Far East Goes Western by Tak Shindo, released on Mercury in 1962.

Ambient Exotica wrote:

"J. J. Lilley's and Frank Loesser's Jingle, Jangle, Jingle marks the beginning of Tak Shindo's Far Eastern treatment, and its point of departure will move many Exotica fans: clanging wood sticks, cascading harps and dark Asian temple gongs with a very long rumbling sustain depict a Japanese landscape that boosts the yearning of the audience. An additional shamisen is prominently interwoven…"

http://www.ambientexotica.com/exorev105_takshindo_fegw/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9XK4zMG27I&list=OLAK5uy_nYUgsFutxcr2jtCX1rIDgN1ucEstwART8&index=13

#TakShindo #AmbientExotica #Exotica #SpaceAgePop #Music #CountryAndWestern #Shamisen #FilmThemes

蜷川べに 2ndシングル 火群 -Homura-

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From shamisento psychedelic it is just a step.

In some passage they reminded me the Mandolin Sisters.

#shamisen #mitsune #music #musicvideo #video #japan #germany #australia

Mitsune 蜜音 - Kita no Hibiki
https://youtu.be/zcrDbV1WqNk?si=YlwyVKxrk_luteKM

Mitsune 蜜音 - Kita no Hibiki

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和楽器バンド / 千本桜

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I don't want to do any work today. I just want to play on my #shamisen until I'm sick of it.