From collaborating with the likes of Arto Lindsay (Ambitious Lovers), Caetano Veloso or Ichiko Aoba, through contributing to the Wim Wenders' 2011 Piana Bausch documentary soundtrack or providing the ...

While continuously gaining more recognition in Japan since her 2010 debut album Kamisori Otome, singer-songwriter Ichiko Aoba (青葉市子) has unfortunately stayed under the sonar in more international ...

Jun Miyake is a self-proclaimed lover of the exotic. Nowhere is this more evident than in his latest composition, the music for a revival of avant-garde playwright Shuji Terayama's 1977 play, "Chugoku ...

Composer and trumpeter Jun Miyake has been on the scene in Japan since at least the early '80s, yet his career didn't really start peaking until the late '90s, with a sizzling trilogy of ...

I never think I'll end up watching these oddball winter events, and yet... The payoff last night: 1) Jun Miyake. If you watched, you know that American figure skating champion Jeremy Abbott had a ...

New releases in all genres. New releases in all genres. A free weekday download of standout songs, including advance releases, exclusive live tracks recorded at KCRW, remixes, and an introduction to ...

From classic Broadway soundtracks and music as a visual medium, to the eternal inspiration of Scott Walker, Keeley Forsyth takes tQ through the thirteen albums that have defined her life and career If ...