Wednesday, March 14, 2007

#22 - jake and rimi

so as always after my american idol posts i have to go and listen to some real music because i feel guilty about indulging in so much pop culture, haha. so let me share with you someone you've heard of a lot and someone who you've probably never heard of at all.

first up is jake shimabukuro... i love this guy's music. so creative. plus lightning fast on that 'uke which is way cool, i got his latest album "gently weeps," very good, i recommend it highly.

the second is rimi natsukawa, you've probably never heard of her because she's a japanese singer, actually from okinawa and sings japanese contemporary with a little bit of a traditional enka or okinawan twist... anyway, i think she's got just about the purest voice i've ever heard... take a listen to this song (and don't mind the hand motions, i think she's singing a baby lullaby or something weird like that):



and as a bonus... here's jake and rimi with KONISHIKI!!! weird... but not bad (ps - check out the clarinet chorus they got going on):

2 comments:

Joseph said...

hey,

where'd you get your necklace thingy for your 2006 indulgence?

nure nezumi said...

it was from pacsun actually... yeah, weird huh? anyway, there was only like two left so i think that it must've been kinda old. i haven't seen anything similar since... only generic kind of stuff like bottle cap openers and stuff...