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2012 Cherry Blossom Festival features Traditional Japanese Music

The 2012 San Francisco Cherry Blossom Festival celebrated its 45th year in San Francisco's Japantown. A festival of gigantic proportions that...

On April 15, 2012 musical sensation "Abeya" took the stage at Fort Mason's Cowell theater in San Francisco."Abeya" is a...

Ron Collins creates art by making and playing his big, loud, taiko drums, to educate and entertain. In Japanese, the word taiko means 'fat drum...

On March 11, 2012 one year to the date of the devastating earthquake and tsunami in eastern Japan a memorial concert and photo exhibit was held at...

This is one of the Whatever-It-Is Month designations that I remember very well. As a longtime music lover and musician both in school, and among...

Musical forms and the musicians who play them, especially when the instruments played are wind-instruments, often inspire avian imagery. Fragile...

On Friday February 10, 2012 The Hillside Club in Berkeley will feature Koto Ensemble Lantana in a special "Portrait Concert" that will...

With genre labels spanning from alt. rock to experimental to “Japanoise,” the group Nisennenmondai will be performing at Philadelphia...

The Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist is an old historic church with a rich history dating back to 1857. Tucked away on Julian St. just...

“Lantana” is a flower that, as it blooms changes colors. It can range from purple to orange to white and so on, often changing a...