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Joji Hirota more »
From Japan
Japanese percussionist, composer and teacher Joji Hirota is a veteran of WOMAD festivals, and his strikingly physical, graceful and dramatic style has&hellip » read more
Dry and Heavy more »
From Japan
Biography provided by management: April 2002 Official website www.beatink.com Shigemoto Nanao : drums Pata: bass guitar Likkle Mai : vocal Ao &hellip » read more
Joji Hirota & Taiko Drummers more »
From Japan, United Kingdom
The words ‘taiko’ and ‘daiko’ mean ‘drums’ in Japanese. Hokkaido, the northernmost part of Japan, has long been home to the drumming trou&hellip » read more
Joji Hirota & the London Metropolitan Ensemble more »
From Japan, United Kingdom
Joji Hirota is a long-time friend of the festival and favourite of audiences worldwide. His percussion and Shakuhachi playing are of an extraordinary&hellip » read more
Kazufumi 'Echo' Kodama more »
From Japan
2001 Biography Japan’s ability to take an alien idea, gobble it up and regurgitate it smelling sweeter and fresher than the original is a well studi&hellip » read more
Kobayakawa Suigun Taiko more »
From Japan
Taiko is an incredibly physical Japanese style of drumming which, when combined with precise stage movements, produces a spectacle of grace, power and&hellip » read more
Nenes more »
From Japan
The island of Okinawa lies about 500km south of the main Japanese islands and has, over the centuries, been conquered by China as well as Japan. Its h&hellip » read more
Oki Kano more »
From Japan
Oki Kano presents a mesmerising mixture of chants and rhythms drawn from the Ainu culture of Japan. Encompassing a wider range of influences, includin&hellip » read more
OKI Dub Ainu Band more »
From Japan
OKI was born to a Japanese mother and an Ainu father. After graduating in crafts at the Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music, he moved to New York &hellip » read more
Eitetsu Hayashi more »
From Japan
An experimental musician revered for creating vivid 'sound spectacles', Hayashi's method of Wadaiko (taiko drum) solo performance requires an unpreced&hellip » read more
John Zaizan Neptune more »
From Japan, United States
Widely acknowledged to be among the top masters of the shakuhachi, or Japanese bamboo flute. Well-known in Japan, this California native is also an ac&hellip » read more
Kenny Endo more »
From Japan, United States
'Tradition as a Basis for Innovation' - Kenny Endo is a performer/composer and a leading spirit in contemporary taiko. Utilizing the traditional Japa&hellip » read more
Pascals more »
From Japan
Why do the four-piece band thing with twin guitars, bass and drums when you can do so much more with 15 members playing a range of instruments from vi&hellip » read more
Ska Cubano more »
From Cuba, Jamaica, Japan, Montserrat, United Kingdom
There might be just 90 miles separating the islands of Jamaica and Cuba, but their musical heritages, at least during their respective post-revolution&hellip » read more
Joji Hirota, Kenny Endo & John Kaizan Neptune more »
From Japan, United States
If WOMAD has a totem musical instrument, one whose ubiquity has shaped our identity over the years, it’s surely the drum. And the person that’s ba&hellip » read more
GOCOO + GoRo more »
From Japan
Cosmic beats and primal poly-rhythms from Japanese drum troupe WOMAD has hosted Japanese taiko percussion groups before, but none quite like the hord&hellip » read more
Mark Alcock more »
From Japan, United Kingdom
Mark Alcock, leader of Taiko Meantime, studied and performed Taiko drumming with the Tennon Daiko drummers of Wakayama prefecture in Southern Japan. H&hellip » read more
George Kamikawa more »
From Japan
George hails from Japan and has spent the last 10 years honing his skills to become an exemplary country blues artist. His playing is typified by its &hellip » read more
YAMATO, the drummers of Japan more »
From Japan
What started as a one-off performance by Masa Ogawa and his taiko drumming ensemble in 1993 has grown into a powerful troupe that has staged 2,000 per&hellip » read more
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