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¡Tomoko Uehara
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[Machine Translation] Rinken Band diva Tomoko Uehara's Roots Songs. She has been singing for nearly half a century, starting at the age of 6 with the family band "Itoman Yakarazu," which took the world by storm, and her roots lie in the island songs passed down to her by her father and teacher, the late Nagataka Uehara. The pure "singing power (utajikara)" of the days when singing was her daily bread and prayer has been recreated in her increasingly mature voice. The recording was done in a private studio overlooking the ocean in Chatan, Okinawa, in a quiet environment with just the two of them, producer Rinken Teruya and the engineer. Singing, sanshin, and taiko drums. All the sounds recorded here were created by Tomoko Uehara alone. It is a gem of an acoustic album that, because of its simplicity, allows the listener to enjoy the true "singing power" of the songs. Her voice is sometimes described as "singing from the heavens," but this album shows that this is not the case. Her songs do not just pour out of the ground. They are music that rises up from the ground, rooted in the land of Okinawa, and brings the heat of the earth to the listener's gut.
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