Akiko Wada - Doshaburi No Ame No Naka De |
Akiko Wada - Doshaburi No Ame No Naka DeAkiko Wada is one of the most prominent media personalities in Japan today. She is best known as a constant fixture in Japanese television, appearing in countle...
Posted by Showa OK! on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 02:18:00 PST |
Before They Were Y.M.O. - Part 3: Ryuichi Sakamoto |
Before They Were Y.M.O. - Part 3Ryuichi Sakamoto - Thousand KnivesWe now conclude our three-part special, "Before They Were Y.M.O.", with Ryuichi Sakamoto and his 1978 solo debut Thousand Knives of Ry...
Posted by Showa OK! on Sun, 19 Aug 2007 07:09:00 PST |
Before They Were Y.M.O. - Part 2: Happy End |
Before They Were Y.M.O. - Part 2Happy End - AsaUp next in our three-part "Before They Were Y.M.O." special is bassist Haruomi Hosono and his legendary Rock group, Happy End...Read more at Showa OK!...
Posted by Showa OK! on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 04:20:00 PST |
Before They Were Y.M.O. - Part 1: Sadistic Mika Band |
Before They Were Y.M.O. - Part 1Sadistic Mika Band - Time Machine Ni OnegaiWith all the talk about Yellow Magic Orchestra in the previous post, we decided to create a series of postings devoted to exp...
Posted by Showa OK! on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 07:45:00 PST |
Showa OK! Daisuki Yo! |
Showa OK! has recently received a generous writeup in a fellow Asian music blog called The Far Eastern Audio Review. The site is run by current Chicago resident Mack Hagood and, according to their mis...
Posted by Showa OK! on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 06:01:00 PST |
Akiko Yano - Kuma |
Akiko Yano - Kuma (from Japanese Girl)Akiko Yano is singer, songwriter, pianist, composer, translator, essayist and more all rolled into one. Described in her biography as "one of the most famous peop...
Posted by Showa OK! on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 04:02:00 PST |
Kyu Sakamoto - Ue O Muite Aruko |
Kyu Sakamoto - Ue O Muite ArukoWith our first MP3 posting, we head straight to the classics...Better known by its title in America, "Sukiyaki", Kyu Sakamoto's 1961 hit "Ue O Muite Aruko" took two year...
Posted by Showa OK! on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 03:55:00 PST |
Yokoso! |
Showa OK! is an audioblog devoted to archiving rare and forgotten Japanese pop gems of the Showa period (1926-1989). Our goal is to introduce to the English-speaking listener iconoclastic popular musi...
Posted by Showa OK! on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 03:53:00 PST |
