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Late Junction: A Japanese music special

A Japanese music special

BBC Radio 3 - Late Junction, A Japanese music special

Jennifer Lucy Allan returns from a trip to Japan with a suitcase full of music.

Jennifer Lucy Allan returns from a trip to Japan with a suitcase full of sounds and music that caught her attention.

What can you learn about a place through its sound? Whether in its ancient traditions or the cutting edge experimentation of today, Japan is a country with an extremely rich sonic history. Jennifer Lucy Allan returns from a trip to the country with a suitcase full of sounds and music that caught her attention, from the bustling streets of Tokyo to the seclusion of Yakushima Island. We’ll journey from an intimate six-seater bar soundtracked by jazz trombonist Shigeharu Mukai alongside the Takeo Moriyama Quartet, to the home of the indigenous Ainu in Hokkaido with music from singer and mukkuri player Umeko Ando. Elsewhere in the show, the spine-tingling vocals of Maki Asakawa and a track from Kyoto-based musician, Bosco, whose instrument of choice is the Appalachian fiddle.

Produced by Gabriel Francis
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 3

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