Share some album names too!

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Umekichi - The Voice of Geisha Doll (2006)

Hmm... I don't know any "traditional" but I do no a country couple "やなわらば".

Does anyone else know of more minyou music like these?

I can't really find anything like it.

@ gyuujuice Loved it! share more please lol

Enka music still charts on the Oricon top lists, so that might be a good place to start.

Edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enka#2010s

Really? :3 I thought I was the only one.

やなわらばー

さくら

いちごいちえ

島人ぬ宝　（とうじん　ぬ　たから）「Cover I think」

海岸通

たからもの

向日葵

自由

夢を見た

愛してる

空をこえて 海をこえて

花 キラキラ

ぷれぜんと

思い出のアルバム

アカネ色～あなたの声がする～

変わらぬ　青　(?)

I love enka sometimes. just like any genre once i find the artist/song i like i find more and more and then it's like i love enka. At first i thought i would never get into enka...
　
名曲の集まり！！

ジェロ　& さくらまや　－　もしかしてＰａｒｔ　ＩＩ
it's cute/funny they chose this song for them to sing the duet.

曽根史郎 -- 若いお巡りさん　

日野美歌 ・ 葵司朗　－　男と女のラブゲーム

catchy song~

別れても好きな人 ロス・インディオス&シルヴィア

love how the girl and guy say hito differently (intonation or something)

津軽海峡・冬景色／石川さゆり

i LOVE this song. it was like the first hardcore-enka song I heard that I liked.

喝采 ー　ちあきなおみ

加藤登紀子 「時代おくれの酒場」

オーロラ輝子 「夫婦みち」

Not sure how much it counts as traditional, but I'm a big fan of 梶芽衣子.

Since I've first heard the theme from Final Fantasy X Rikki is the only recognizable folk artist from Japan for me Whole soundtrack was superb, arguably the best in the series and I've never even played the game.

She has a few other good songs.

Nice sources

Some great cds I'd like to recommend:

art du shakuhachi - Katsuya Yokoyama (shakuhachi solos and duos)
Shomyo - chants liturgiques de la secte Shingon (buddhist chants)
Masters of Zen (traditional folk band).

All DirectLy available if I recall.

fakewookie Wrote:....but I'm a big fan of 梶芽衣子.

Me too, and these are some of her best songs. I also like this one:

Yuko Nakazawa - Karasu no Nyoubou:

I find Okinawan traditional music way more awesome than that of the rest of Japan. Maybe when I'm not at work I'll try to find some to post.

Though, I still like other traditional music. If you're in Japan, check out some Japanese theater--it's a good place to hear it done live. I recommend bunraku and kabuki. You can skip on the kyogen and noh, haha.

fakewookie Wrote:Not sure how much it counts as traditional, but I'm a big fan of 梶芽衣子.

I am also a huge fan. I have lossless vinyl rips of きょうの我が身はand 全曲集. 女の呪文 is my probably my favorite song by her.

I love 演歌 but more or less I like the American soul sounding stuff versus the country sounding stuff.

Also, I love 渚ゆう子 but her stuff is extremely hard to find. If someone had a mp3 of 何処へ it would make my life complete for the time being

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Can you find these on Grooveshark? Is it "big in Japan"? Grooveshark is really nice to share playlists. And you can also "watch" what your friends listen to, which is a nice way to discover more music. Just an idea

I thought this was interesting. According to Japanese Wikipedia, やなわらばー means 「いたずらっ子」in Okinawa dialect. (やな＝イヤな／ダメな)（わらばー＝子供）

You guys have just opened a brand new door for me O_O. These songs are awesome. I've been losing interest in J-pop and j-rock for the last few months and have been hoping to listen to some new stuff (haha ironic use of the word new ).

sweet more fun listening.

Totally beautiful Okinawan song.

Chinsagu No Hana - Ryuichi Sakamoto

A Delusional video

梶芽衣子 Kaji Meiko, the only one.
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_qu...Meiko+kaji

Info only, her six albums:
http://www.asiatorrents.com/index.php?pa...884b7960e2