Akiko Wada -- Tasogare ni Encore（黄昏にアンコール）

 

It's just a few weeks away from Akiko Wada's（和田アキ子）birthday and it's been a long career for her since starting out with her first single in 1968.

Wada is still seen as one of the interpreters of Japanese-style blues, and I think "Tasogare ni Encore" (Encore at Sunset) is a good fit with that arrangement of gospel blues. The video is also a touching one as the life of a couple is played out through the good and bad times, but in the end, it all works out as their elderly versions have a swing together.

This track was part of a mini-album that was put out in December 2021, "WADASOUL2", and "Tasogare ni Encore" was written by Gota Nishidera（西寺郷太）of Nona Reeves and composed/produced by Yu Sakai（さかいゆう）. "WADASOUL2" also has the previous Wada song that I wrote about last year, the very different "YONA YONA DANCE".