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With our arrangement of 'Hyuga Kobiki Uta' nearing completion, it's time to layer on some final countertenor vocals.
Although shamisen is my main instrument now, my family and I started out in Folk and Bluegrass. From that background, I fell in love with Appalachian folk music in my early teens (around the time I picked up shamisen), which led to a love of world folk music (including Japanese traditional musics, which I later pursued more intently). In any case, one of my favorite folk songs was St. James Hospital, a haunting ballad I heard from Doc Watson.
Aided by Reigen Fujii as trusty recording engineer, Masters of Minyo Abe Kinzaburou-san and his wife 根本麻耶-san just finished recording incredible vocals for our two World arrangements of Kokiriko Bushi and Hyuga Kobiki Uta!
