Showing posts with label Haruomi Hosono. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Haruomi Hosono. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Miharu Koshi (Haruomi Hosono) -- Figlio Perduto

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By Dick Thomas Johnson via Wikimedia Commons Recently, I came across a series of YouTube videos from the channel "remain" which h...
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Monday, March 23, 2026

Yoshie Kashiwabara -- Shiawase Ondo（しあわせ音頭）

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  Listening to music all these decades and handling KKP for the past fourteen years, of course, I know all about those 45" singles and ...
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Friday, May 2, 2025

Ayumi Ishida & Tin Pan Alley Family -- Bye Bye Jet（バイバイJet ）

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Wikimedia Commons by Inunami Welcome to Urban Contemporary Friday on "Kayo Kyoku Plus" as usual. I wanted to continue my tribute ...
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Friday, April 11, 2025

Yutaka Kimura Speaks: Haruomi Hosono（細野晴臣）

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Wikimedia Commons YMO2008.jpg   Three out of the four solo albums that Haruomi Hosono put out in the 1970s , "Tropical Dandy", ...
Friday, March 21, 2025

Ayumi Ishida & Tin Pan Alley Family -- Hitori Tabi（ひとり旅）

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  A few days ago, I mentioned the passing of veteran actress and singer Ayumi Ishida（いしだあゆみ） . She was definitely one representative of the ...
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Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Akiko Yano/Haruomi Hosono/Takahiro Saito -- Owari no Kisetsu（終りの季節）

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  Along with "Never forget those B-sides!" , another trope that I've come to cherish as I've added onto the blog over the ...
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Friday, January 17, 2025

Yutaka Kimura Speaks ~ Japanese City Pop Masterpieces 100: Chu Kosaka -- Ryuusei Toshi（流星都市）

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  Number: 093 Lyricist: Takashi Matsumoto Composer: Haruomi Hosono Arranger: Haruomi Hosono From Kosaka's 1975 album "Horo" An...
Friday, January 10, 2025

Chu Kosaka -- Ryuusei Toshi（流星都市）

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  Commenter and then KKP contributor nikala was most likely the first one to relate the music of Chu Kosaka's（小坂忠）great 1975 album ...
Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Towa Tei -- GBI (German Bold Italic)

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  When I threw in the term "German Bold Italic" into the Bing AI art generator just now, the above is what I got. So, does that m...
Sunday, July 28, 2024

Tomoco Yasuno -- flower bird wind moon

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  I sometimes get a tad irritated when a singer or band gets a little cute with their name. I was looking for Tomoko Yasuno（安野ともこ） for a whi...
Monday, June 24, 2024

Yukako Hayase -- Tsubaki Hime no Natsu（椿姫の夏）

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  Yukako Hayase（早瀬優香子） is a singer that I discovered because of the work on "Kayo Kyoku Plus" over the past dozen years. So far, ...
Friday, May 24, 2024

Yutaka Kimura Speaks ~ Japanese City Pop Masterpieces 100: Bread & Butter -- Nagisa ni Ikou （渚に行こう）

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  Number: 059 Lyricist: Ayumi Date Composer: Fuyumi Iwasawa Arrangers: Shigeru Suzuki and Haruomi Hosono From Bread & Butter's 1979 ...
Monday, April 29, 2024

Masako Oka -- Yume Zaiku（夢細工）/Masako Oka & Noriko Ishiwatari -- Mako to Nonko no Gokigen Ikaga 1-2-3（マコとノンコのごきげんいかが1・2・3）

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  Happy Monday! It's just the start of another regular work week here in the Greater Toronto Area although we will be getting our firs...
Friday, February 9, 2024

Yutaka Kimura Speaks ~ Japanese City Pop Masterpieces 100: Chu Kosaka -- Shirakechimauze (しらけちまうぜ)

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  Number: 044 Lyricist: Takashi Matsumoto Composer: Haruomi Hosono Arrangers: Haruomi Hosono and Makoto Yano From Kosaka's 1975 album ...
Saturday, January 20, 2024

Susan -- Ah! Soka

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  Neither having watched a lot of the animated or CG representative programming for the "Star Wars" franchise over the past few d...
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Sunday, December 31, 2023

My Fantasy Pub Dinner

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  There was an article on December 12th provided by Noelle Tham titled "Noelle's Favourite Artists 2023" (我が推し達) in which KK...
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Thursday, November 30, 2023

Kilala & Ulala -- Tuxedo Moon de Yuushoku wo（タキシード・ムーンで夕食を）

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  Over a decade ago, former KKP writer nikala introduced this 1980s aidoru duo named Kilala & Ulala（キララとウララ） who specialized in their ow...
Monday, November 27, 2023

Kuniko Yamada -- Tetsugaku Shiyou（哲学しよう）

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  When it comes to veteran comedienne Kuniko Yamada（山田邦子） , who I saw as the Japanese version of America's Carol Burnett, I mostly reme...
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Friday, October 13, 2023

Yutaka Kimura Speaks ~ Japanese City Pop Masterpieces 100: Haruomi Hosono -- Koi wa Momo Iro（恋は桃色）

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  Number: 027 Lyricist/Composer/Arranger: Haruomi Hosono From Hosono's 1973 album: "Hosono House" "Koi wa Momo Iro" ...
Saturday, September 16, 2023

Haruomi Hosono/T Jiros -- Koi wa Momo Iro（恋は桃色）

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  I think the last time I posted a Haruomi Hosono（細野晴臣） article on KKP , it was back in January for his jazzy and tropical AOR for "Jam...