#NowPlaying Minyo Crusaders, Echoes of Japan (Mais Um Records reissue, 2019). I was the only person in Music Bar 45 in Shibuya, #Tokyo, on a rainy Tuesday night earlier this month. The bar’s owner, Yoshi, was giving me a crash course in ‘80s Japanese funk and soul, then pivoted to this gem from Minyo Crusaders, a band that mixes traditional Japanese folk music (“min’yo”) with AfroCuban rhythms. It’s so dope, I found it on #Bandcamp and ordered this LP on the spot.

https://minyocrusaders.bandcamp.com/album/echoes-of-japan

#vinyl #records #Japanese #FolkMusic #AfroBeat