Artist: Yotsuo Koyama's Cherry Blossom Ensemble
LP: Romantic Japanese Mandolins
Song: "Juku No Ukikusa (The Wanderer)"
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It's been an unusually wet springtime here in Seattle, and Yotsuo Koyama's romantic Japanese cherry blossom mandolins provide the perfect soundtrack for all this rain. Along with his mandolin and mandola, Yotsuo Koyama blends guitar, flute, electric organ, drums and bass to create a "full, lively, rich tone capable of a great variety of music...the pinpoint-precise clarity of plucked instruments yields an element of sonic interest that is highly exciting and sensuous." And the pinpoint-precise clarity of plucked instruments is the thinking man's pornography, as my mother always used to say. You can buy your own copy of this LP here or here.
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