Happy Friday and getting into the City Pop for today with a really nice recommendation from Rocket Brown of "Come Along Radio".
Never knew that soulful Masaki Ueda（上田正樹）and singer-songwriter Cindy were involved in a duet but I was introduced to their work together on the song "Letting You Go ~ Ai no Kageri" (Cloud Over Love), which is a track on Ueda's 1985 album "Silence"（サイレンス）. Written by Ralph F. McCarthy and composed by Takashi Tsushimi（都志見隆）, the ballad pairs Ueda's characteristic heartfelt raspiness and Cindy's smooth-as-butter vocals over some of that mellow City Pop balladry for pure relaxation. It's just too bad that McCarthy's lyrics are about the slow disintegration of a romance but I can't deny the lovely music.
According to the site Groovenut Records, the album "Silence" also has Ueda exploring genres such as rock, blues and reggae, so there is quite a variety to enjoy. However, I'm quite happy as it is with this one track right now.
Hello friend, Cindy was also in the choir of Private File (Live In Osaka) from 1984, you can see her through this video along with the keyboardist Kumi Sasaki, at 2:59:
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Hello, JunLee and much appreciated on the link since personally I had yet to see any live appearances of Cindy on YouTube.
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