Got some more Xmas shopping done today...this time for dinner on the 25th. Not as many people as there were at the mall on Saturday, but still a lot more than usual for a weekday morning. I still think I'll probably need a few more supplies tomorrow.
It's been a fascinating time exploring the career of Ruiko Kurahashi（倉橋ルイ子）, one of the more underrated Japanese singers that I've come across in my many years of exploring kayo kyoku and J-Pop. The beginning of her career in the early 1980s was one of refined older pop with an orchestra often backing her up as a creation that hovered between Fashion Music and City Pop. But then going into the 1990s, it seems as if Kurahashi went for a lighter, breezier and more contemporary sound.
Nowadays, it's not easy to find a Kurahashi song that hasn't already been covered by me since I've been a big fan of hers, but I managed to do so. My collection of her singles and albums stopped in 1991, so this one is a new one for me since it was released in December 1992. Titled "Atarashii Asa ni..." (On a New Morning), it is as expected: enjoyably light, breezy and more contemporary as described above. Used as the ending theme for the NTV newsmagazine program "The Sunday", I'm sure that this was the type of song the network desired as something audibly hopeful after some serious topics. Kurahashi herself took care of the lyrics while Makihiko Araki（荒木真樹彦）was the composer.
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