Name: Echoes of Japan
Brand: Minyo Crusaders

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

MAIS36CD

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

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Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2019-04-26

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

0730003493720

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Minyo Crusaders

Genre GB

Rest of World

Label GB

Mais um Discos

Minyo Crusaders rework historic Japanese folk songs (min'yō) with Latin, African, Caribbean and Asian rhythms for their debut album <i>Echoes of Japan</i>. Releases from Ryuichi Sakamoto, Haruomi Hosono and Midori Takada have re-ignited global interest in Japanese music and <i>Echoes of Japan</i> marks the arrival of a big band like no other.

Originally sung by fishermen (Kushimoto Bushi; Mamurogawa Ondo), coal miners (Tanko Bushi) and sumo wrestlers (Sumo Jinku), these songs deal with topics such as the returning spirits of ancestors (Hohai Bushi), Japan’s smallest bird (Toichin Bushi) and a bride’s love for her husband’s pockmarked face (Otemoyan). Includes Japanese lyrics and English translations

Echoes of Japan

Music GB