Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To composers Zach Johnston and Matteo Roberts, music is never an afterthought in storytelling. The duo, collectively known as Pep ...

Japanese folk songs evolved in the same way as English language ones even though they are sung in different tones and scales. Patrick Savage at Keio University in Japan and his colleagues analysed the ...

Hole hole bushi are songs that Issei (first generation) immigrant Japanese women sang during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, while tediously stripping dry sugarcane leaves off cane stalks with ...

Though Taiko drumming is rooted in Japanese culture, the founder of one percussive ensemble says his aim isn’t to isolate ancient sounds. “We’re not playing any traditional music of Japan,” said Masa ...

The Ryukyuans: Satoshi Nakasone, Isamu Shimoji, Shinobu Matsuda, and Yukito Ara. Photo by Chotaro Owan Okinawa Island’s subtropical location in the East China Sea is its greatest asset and greatest ...

Highlighting the Japanese composers and traditional instruments was guest Shawn Tairyu Head. The musician also participated in a pre-show talk with Bloomington Symphony Orchestra music director Ryo ...

To composers Zach Johnston and Matteo Roberts, music is never an afterthought in storytelling. The duo, collectively known as Pep Magic, is behind the score of Netflix’s new animated series, “Oni: ...