Int'L & World Music

Jun Miyake has contributed music to the works of Pina Bausch, Wim Wenders and Katsuhiro Otomo. Also, he is an artist who has collaborated with artists such as Hal Willner, Art Lindsay and David Byrne. His masterpiece, released in 1988, is now available...

Jos? Adelino Barcelo de Carvalho was born in Kipiri in 1953. When he was still a child, his family moved to a district in the north of the city of Luanda. Formerly a fortress built in 1576, the capital of Angola was still a Portuguese colony at the time...

Jorge Ben is surely one of the world's greatest all-round musical artists. He is internationally renowned and vastly influential as a vocalist, musician, performer and phenomenal songwriter. Famed for penning 'Taj Mahal', which was the source for Rod...

John Ondolo spent his life traveling between Tanzania, where he was born, and Kenya, where he recorded a string of singles for independent labels in the late 1950s and early 60s. Unlike most guitarists from the region, Ondolo used open tuning (a favorite...

John Metcalfe - the Durutti Column viola-playing master who for years has been a composer and arranger for the likes of U2, Coldplay, Peter Gabriel and Blur, as well as co-founder with Tony Wilson of the Factory Classical label - had been composing music...

Japan's blast into the stratosphere. By the 1960s, the nation had achieved a postwar miracle, soaring to become the world's second largest economy. Thriving tech exports sent The Rising Sun over the moon. It's pocket cassette players, bleeping video...

Japanese soul band, Shunske G & the Peas released cover songs EP. It includes covers of soul classics from the likes of Stevie Wonder, Jackson 5 and Marvin Gaye.

Japanese S.S.W. Shuta Hasunuma conducts a contemporary style Philharmonic Pop Orchestra.. The single features Moeka Shiotsuka, vocalist of the band Hitsujibungaku.1. Hollow Me (Japanese) 2. Hollow Me (Chinese) 3. Hollow Me (Adrenaline Ver)

Japanese S. S. W. Salasa will release two singles. Hip-hop producers DJ Mitsu the Beats (GAGLE) and Olive Oil participated as remixers, respectively. 'AMBER' is the lead track of the 1st. EP 'Nail Island' released last year. The remix by GAGLE's DJ Mitsu...

Japanese S. S. W. Honobe Minami, who has an attractive and sensitive voice, has released her first album. The album features new recordings of her previously released songs. Simply sound of just singing and guitar and the lyrics including irony are...

Japanese S. S. W. Hisamitsu the pony sings country-style pop songs. 'Portable Exotica' (2021) has an exotic sound influenced by Haruomi Hosono, Makoto Kubota, Martin Denny and Arthur Lyman. It is full of romantic moods like Japanese music of the 70's and...

Japanese RSD 2021 Exclusive1. What's Going on 2. Sadly Normal