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GIMA 2025 will be held on November 1. The Golden Indie Music Awards (GIMA), Taiwan’s most important indie music awards, will hold its ceremony at the…
A journey through the little-known legend of the man who changed music history. “Goodnight, Irene,” “Cotton Fields,” and “The Midnight Special”: the…
In 2024, MUSIC CITY TENJIN returned for its 20th edition. I once worked on the event secretariat, and the moment I arrived in Tenjin and heard music…
I have written before that the support of people—especially those in local media—who understood amateur musicians played a major role in the developm…
From the late 1970s through the 1980s, many Fukuoka fans of Western rock preferred British acts to American ones. This may have reflected the influen…
The special class “School of Rock in Kusagae SHOW Gakko” was held for sixth-grade students at Kusagae Elementary School on Wednesday, February 8, 202…
From 1946 to 1972, Fukuoka's US military Itazuke base (now Fukuoka Airport) housed FEN, the Far East Network. Its broadcasts of Western hits introduc…
Todd Rundgren JAPAN TOUR ’88, January 17, 1988, Fukuoka Postal Savings Hall (later Mielparque Hall). Solo artist, multi-instrumentalist, producer, en…
戦後、福岡の音楽文化は進駐軍の将校クラブや中洲のナイトラウンジなどから花開いた。その中心にいたのが「太田幸雄とハミングバード」であった。その後、90年代に渋谷系やクラブジャズシーンなどでその洗練された音楽性が再評価されたが、太田幸雄たちの活動は今も福岡のまちの音楽的ルーツとして脈々と息づいている。…
Photo ©avispa fukuoka. Writing at length seems simple, but it's surprisingly difficult. Unlike email or LINE, there's no set subject, so it feels lik…
Hello from CRJA FUKUOKA! Our mission is to introduce quality music chosen with our own ears, whether Japanese or international, major-label or indie.…
As mentioned last time, I think Fukuoka first gained attention for its music in the early 1970s, when folk groups such as Tulip, 海援隊, and Kai Band de…
