[Shaku] Yoshida Brothers (Tsugaru Shamisen) concert 10/23 NYC

From: Yuko Yamamoto (yuko@heartheworld.org)
Date: Fri Oct 15 2004 - 11:07:06 PDT

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Greetings Japanese music lovers!

Below is a press release of a concert of the Yoshida Brothers (Shamisen
players from the region of Tsugaru in Northern Japan) that will happen in
NYC on Oct 23 at 3 and 8 PM. It=92s their second appearance in NYC=85. I=
know
you are not all in this area, but if you are, come on over to the Symphon=
y
Space Thalia Theatre at 95th and Broadway, and check out this young and
energetic duo who play Japanese traditional music =93packaged for the 21s=
t
century=94, and who have been instrumental in the revival of Hogaku in Ja=
pan!

Call me at number below or email me for details, and don=92t hesitate to =
pass
this on to friends and colleagues who might be interested! Thanks and ho=
pe
to see you there.

Yuko Yamamoto/World Music Institute
49 West 27th Street Suite 930
New York, NY 10001
Tel: 212-545-7536
Fax: 212-889-2771
www.worldmusicinstitute.org

******
BANJOS =96 JAPAN TO APPALACHIA

YOSHIDA BROTHERS, Tsugaru shamisen
AKIRA SATAKE, American banjo

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2004 3:00 & 8:00 PM

Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Peter Norton Symphony Space
Broadway at 95th Street, NYC

$25; students with college ID $15 Box office (212) 864-5400
Info/charge (212) 545-7536 worldmusicinstitute.org

This program provides an opportunity to hear the lively shamisen playing
(sometimes referred to as =93Japanese bluegrass=92) from the Tsugaru regi=
on of
northern Japan, along with banjo music from Appalachia. The Yoshida
Brothers, veritable rock stars in their native Japan, play the shamisen, =
a
banjo-like lute; performing with the fervor of Jimi Hendrix, they
incorporate jazz-like improvisation, pop-rock sensibilities and global mu=
sic
idioms into their innovative renditions of this ancient music. Noted banj=
o
player Akira Satake will open the program with Appalachian music.

Ryoichiro and Kenichi Yoshida, in their mid-20s, began playing Tsugaru
shamisen at the age of five in Hokkaido, their home in northern Japan, wh=
ere
they studied with master Takashi Sasaki. Their instrument, dating back t=
o
the 16th century, is a three-stringed lute with a skin-faced body and
fretted neck made of mulberry wood with a resonance similar to that of a
banjo. The shamisen used in Tsugaru folk music is larger and heavier tha=
n
the classical shamisen which helps give the music its heavy, thumping sou=
nd
quality. Historically, the art of Tsugaru shamisen=97a folk idiom first p=
layed
by itinerant blind musicians=97has no written code, ideal for the Yoshida
Brothers=92 pioneering improvisational style. The brothers break with
tradition in their body language as well as their musical
vocabulary=97shamisen in the past was played with a formal and expression=
less
demeanor, but the Yoshida Brothers physically sway and react to the sound=
s.
They have several best-selling albums in Japan, including Ibuki, which so=
ld
over 100,000 copies, a phenomenon for a shamisen recording. Their first U=
.S.
album is available on Domo Records and features pieces culled from their
overall repertoire.

Akira Satake first discovered the banjo listening to his older brother's
Flatt and Scruggs recordings in his native Osaka, Japan. After relocatin=
g
to New York City, he spent two decades honing his innovative banjo style =
in
venues from Village clubs to Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall. His
collection of original compositions -- Cooler Heads Prevail -- won the 1=
998
German Music Critics Award for Best World Music Recording and led to a st=
int
as an award-winning music producer.
American banjo virtuoso Tony Trischka calls Akira Satake "a brilliant
banjoist with a split-level passion for the fiery breakdowns of southern
Appalachia and the kaleidoscopic rhythms and melodies of world music." H=
e
currently resides in Asheville, North Carolina.

This program is made possible in part with support from the New York Stat=
e
Council on the Arts, a State agency. Additional support is provided by t=
he
Concordia Foundation.

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Below is a press release of a concert of the Yoshida Brothers =
(Shamisen
players from the region of Tsugaru in Northern Japan) that will happen =
in NYC
on Oct 23 at 3 and 8 PM.  It’s
their second appearance in NYC…. I know you are not all in this =
area, but if
you are, come on over to the Symphony Space Thalia Theatre at =
95th and
Broadway, and check out this young and energetic duo who play Japanese
traditional music “packaged for the 21st =
century”, and who have been
instrumental in the revival of Hogaku in Japan!  <o:p></o:p>

Call me at number below or email me for details, and don’t =
hesitate to
pass this on to friends and colleagues who might be interested!  Thanks and hope to see you =
there.  <o:p></o:p>

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49 West =
27th
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New =
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10001<o:p></o:p>

Tel:
212-545-7536<o:p></o:p>

Fax:
212-889-2771<o:p></o:p>

www.world=
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BANJOS – JAPAN TO =
APPALACHIA<o:p></o:p></u=
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YOSHIDA
BROTHERS, Tsugaru shamisen<o:p></o:p>

AKIRA
SATAKE, American =
banjo<o:p></o:p>

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2004     3:00 & 8:00 =
PM<o:p></o:p>

Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Peter Norton Symphony =
Space<o:p></o:p>

Broadway at 95th Street, =
NYC<o:p></o:p>

$25; students with college ID $15     Box
office (212) 864-5400<o:p></o:p>

Info/charge (212) 545-7536       &nbsp=
;       =
worldmusicinstitute.org<o:p></o:p>

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This program provides an =
opportunity to
hear the lively shamisen playing (sometimes referred to as =
“Japanese
bluegrass’) from the Tsugaru region of northern Japan, along with =
banjo music
from Appalachia. The Yoshida Brothers, veritable rock =
stars in
their native Japan, play the shamisen, a banjo-like lute; =
performing
with the fervor of Jimi Hendrix, they incorporate jazz-like =
improvisation,
pop-rock sensibilities and global music idioms into their innovative =
renditions
of this ancient music. Noted banjo player Akira Satake will open the program =
with
Appalachian music.<o:p></o:p>

<![if =
!supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p><=
/p>

Ryoichiro and Kenichi Yoshida, in their mid-20s, began playing Tsugaru shamisen at the age =
of five
in Hokkaido, their home in northern Japan, where they studied with =
master
Takashi Sasaki.  Their =
instrument,
dating back to the 16th century, is a three-stringed lute =
with a
skin-faced body and fretted neck made of mulberry wood with a resonance =
similar
to that of a banjo.  The =
shamisen used
in Tsugaru folk music is larger and heavier than the classical shamisen
which helps give the music its heavy, thumping sound quality. =
Historically, the
art of Tsugaru shamisen—a folk idiom first played by itinerant =
blind musicians—has
no written code, ideal for the Yoshida Brothers’ pioneering =
improvisational
style. The brothers break with tradition in their body language as well =
as
their musical vocabulary—shamisen in the past was played =
with a
formal and expressionless demeanor, but the Yoshida Brothers physically =
sway
and react to the sounds. They have several best-selling albums in Japan,
including Ibuki,
which sold over 100,000 copies, a phenomenon for a shamisen recording. =
Their
first U.S. album is available on Domo Records and features pieces culled =
from
their overall repertoire. <o:p></o:p></p=
>

Akira Satake first discovered the banjo listening to his older
brother's Flatt and Scruggs recordings in his native Osaka, Japan.  After relocating to New York =
City, he
spent two decades honing his innovative banjo style in venues from =
Village
clubs to Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall.  His collection of original compositions -- Cooler Heads
Prevail  -- won =
the 1998
German Music Critics Award for Best World Music Recording and led to a =
stint as
an award-winning music producer. <o:p></o:p>

American banjo virtuoso Tony =
Trischka
calls Akira Satake "a brilliant banjoist with a split-level passion =
for
the fiery breakdowns of southern Appalachia and the kaleidoscopic =
rhythms and
melodies of world music."  =
He
currently resides in Asheville, North =
Carolina.<o:p></o:p>

<![if =
!supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p>

This program is made possible in =
part with
support from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State =
agency.  Additional support is provided =
by the
Concordia Foundation.<o:p></o:p>

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