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Track Listings
| 1. Erghen Diado |
| 2. Passion |
| 3. Canon |
| 4. Hit Song |
| 5. Overland Blues |
| 6. Fuyu No Sakura |
| 7. By This River |
| 8. Morricone |
| 9. Oh My Love |
| 10. Tsugaru Jinku |
| 11. Kokoro Ni Dakarete |
| 12. Tsugaru Jongara Bushi |
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Format:Audio CD
This is just another great album from yoshida brothers, if you like the sound of shamisen (stringed japanese musical instrument) you will listen to these songs over and over again because its a great combination of different styles that will grab your interest and wont let it go...
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Beautiful and Impressive... highly recommended!
25 Aug 2007
Format:Audio CD
The Yoshida Brothers do a wonderful job harmonizing the old with the new. If you've heard their first and second albums, you may have noticed that the first one had a very straight-forward and traditional sound. The second album added a modern twist, but this almost made it become too modern; integrating hip hop in some of the songs. This third album achieves a perfect balance and shows off their awesome potential. The great thing about this group is that they seem to be evolving and improving with each new album. The music evokes wonderful images in the mind and powerful emotions in the heart. They deserve so much more exposure than they currently do. I hope they get their big break soon for all of their hard work. Their cover of John Lennon's "Oh My Love" is especially touching. If you enjoy acoustic music and are into Ottmar Liebert or Jake Shimabukuro, you'd probably love this album. These guys are the pride of Japan, and rightfully so :)
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Shamisen for Everybody
9 July 2007
Format:Audio CD
So we're in the car listening to the radio when my partner says "that's a Bulgarian folk song but its being played on a shamisen and it sounds fantastic!" Enough to make us find out who the artist is and what other interesting things they may be up to. Now, all our friends have III by the Yoshida Brothers too, its more than east meets west, the production is very tight and the arrangements are really well worked. From Bulgarian folk music to the ambling Overland Blues via James Bond-type music and John Lennon covers, its amazing what these guys can do with just three strings each. This album is definitely worth buying.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
You might over look if you don't know the instrument...
13 May 2008
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I don't play this instrument but believe I have seen/heard enough to make a fair judgment as a player of another traditional Japanese instrument (Koto). Imagine playing an acoustic guitar with only three strings (or a banjo) made of thin, fragile and slippery silk strings, plucked with a hand-side rice paddle as sharp as a razor, as fast as Paco de Lucia. It is technically amazing enough to hear these guys playing in complete synch and tune (this instrument is so hard to keep in tune) at their speed and precision. Musically, it may not be the top of a hit-chart kind, but I give them a huge credit for reaching out kinds of music that most of these traditional instrument players have neglected or looked down till now.
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