Blog - Weekly revue: 2019 week #15 (April 6 to 12)
Weekly revue: 2019 week #15 (April 6 to 12)
Food: - Salmon curry & more at Shake Stand, Daitabashi
- Pelmeni at Pelmeni Kitchen, Hatagaya. Not a Russian restaurant, but a bar that serves pelmeni among other good things.
Music events: - On Wednesday I went to event "Soul ni muchuu! vol.6" at Grapefruit Moon, Sangenjaya. It was my first time at this very nice venue. This show was organized by singer hiro:n who I had seen a long time ago, and also featured a solo show by Lemon (ex-Wack Wack Rhythm Band).
Lemon gave a great show karaoke style, with her own songs, covers, TV commercial songs, and a good dose of humor! I had been wanting to see her solo show for a long time. She has such a wonderful soulful voice! Among the original songs she sang was "utahime" written by Konishi Yasuharu (from the album "uta to Guitar. Piano. kotoba.").
This show was also a great occasion to see hiro:n after all this time! She did a set backed by a full band with guitar, bass, drums, keys, sax and percussions (Okyon of Vacation Three, Wack Wack Rhythm Band, etc.). Very fun and funky show! I love her song "Music!!" which involves some crazy clapping.
The other band playing was duo Shuhey with K. It was just guitar and soul vocals with impressive scats. They were very entertaining, with sometimes the singer getting the audience to sing along, and then to conduct them to be quiet, or telling the guitarist to play slower or faster. Haha! Their medleys of soul songs were great!
- Then on Friday I dropped by Pied Piper House (Tower Records Shibuya 6F) to see an in-store talk event featuring Nomiya Maki, in promotion of the reissue of album "miss maki nomiya sings" (originally released in 2000). With her producer and Pied Piper House's Yoshi Nagato, they talked over an hour about the album and its recording, part of which was done in Capri, Italy.
Music release news: Record Store Day 2019, "Sazanami Label 15th Anniversary Sampler Vol.1" & "Vol.2"
This week's video: Haruko Tajima "osozaki GAL"
Posted on April 16, 2019 at 23:56 | Tweet
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