The lyrics of traditional Okinawan songs were found to record past climate and geological history of the Ryukyu Islands (21st-century Okinawa Prefecture, Japan), according to a new study by a ...

Discovering the Music of Japan (1966), written and produced by Bernard Wilets, provides an engaging introduction to Japan’s rich musical traditions. This 22-minute educational film explores the ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by After a 1962 visit, a mutual love affair began between the composer and the country’s musicians. A new series at the Japan Society explores this ...

Beneath the surface of sedate geisha teahouses and hushed shrines, Kyoto is a hotbed for legendary live music — here, Japan's most unique, riotous acts are set free in the city's underground clubs, ...

The USC Aiken Etherredge Center opens its 38th year of its Cultural Series on Sunday, Sept. 10. This year's theme is Bringing the World to Aiken. The season opening performance will be from Japanese ...

Latyr Sy, a Senegalese percussionist and singer, was one of 75 researchers who played music for the study. Patrick Savage, University of Auckland The human voice is perhaps the oldest and most diverse ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Ryuichi Sakamoto, the Oscar-winning Japanese composer famed for his scores for "The Last Emperor", "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence" and other epic films, has died aged 71. Sakamoto was ...

TOKYO, April 2 (Reuters) - Ryuichi Sakamoto, the Oscar-winning Japanese composer famed for his scores for "The Last Emperor", "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence" and other epic films, has died aged 71.