Japanese Songs of Hometown — Healing Music for Your Heart

CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) and Mar Creation, Inc. invite you to join us for a concert by the Japanese singer Emme on Saturday, November 21, 2015 at 2pm. Emme will perform “World Music from Japan” in two sets (40 min each), featuring Japanese popular music from the Showa period [1940’s – 80’s] as well as her own original songs. This is a rare opportunity to hear the classics of traditional and contemporary Japanese music that Japanese people truly love. Joining her will be Shu Odamura on guitar and guest Akihito Obama on shakuhachi.

Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at door.

Emme was born in Tokyo, Japan. Since she started her singing career in 1981, she’s taken part in countless recordings and live concerts with big artists such as Masayoshi Takanaka, Katsumi Watanabe, Yuming, Takuro Yoshida, EPO etc….. Her angelic voice is widely recognized across many different genres of music, including jazz, fusion, Japanese pop and folk.

In the music department of Tokyo University of the Arts in 1997, Emme graduated from special courses of traditional Japanese music. She has released four original CDs from 2001 to the present. Emme sang at a reception party for the President of Ireland upon his visit to Japan. She composed the Asakusa Sanja Matsuri official theme song, and appeared in the Thai movie “Yamada.” Emme played with Tokiwazu Mozibei and Altan, among many others.

http://www.emmevoice.com