Some of you will remember this local folk band from their rousing performance at the "Voices for Umekoji" event last month. The vocalist Udonya Mentei (Yamahara-san), has renamed his band U.S.B. - Udonya Super Band, and under this name they performed at the legendary live house Jittoku last Sunday. As usual it was a fine performance and I managed to capture a little bit of it … [Read more...]
“Children of Water” & Morphic Jukebox @ Jittoku
Last Friday I attended the Kyoto premiere of Roger Walch's new movie "Children of Water" at Jittoku. The venue was a legendary live house in Kyoto (Japan's oldest in fact) that has been open since 1973. Like the equally famous TakuTaku the building is a converted saka-gura - a kind of traditional sake warehouse. This was my first time to visit this fine old venue. Folk … [Read more...]
A Christmassy Sing-along @ Irish Pub Gnome
One Sunday, usually around the end of each of month, Felicity Greenland and Tomoko Saito lead a sing-along of Irish and British folk songs at Irish Pub Gnome. The next one is on December 20th so I asked Felicity the obvious question: DK: Will you be singing Christmassy things? FG: Yes sir, we will DK: Marvellous! Any in particular? FG: 12 days, Jingle bells, Ding dong … [Read more...]
Folk Music Workshop @ Irish Pub Gnome
Last weekend's traditional music workshop at Gnome was a great success and so it looks like there will be many more in the future. Felicity Greenland writes: Japanese and foreigners all singing together in a cool atmosphere... It's hard to explain without sounding crass, but really, it's a very special bonding thing to sing together - everyone has had hard times with … [Read more...]
Sing Around the Table @ Irish Pub Gnome
Ted Taylor put me on to this event at Irish pub Gnome this weekend: Singing Around the Table: A fun evening of Traditional Songs of Ireland and Britain with Felicity Greenland & Tomoko Saito. Date: Sunday, May 31, 2009 Time: 7:30pm - 9:30pm Song sheet available. No Charge. Listenable previews here. Telephone: 0752122101 Location: Irish Pub Gnome (see … [Read more...]
