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John York & Yukiko Matsuyama : Koto
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Ex-Byrd meets koto princess, 12 string, vocals & instrumentals, new territory, 2 languages, radical cross cultural acoustic music
Genre: World: World Fusion
Release Date: 2003
Koto Record Label: John York & Yukiko Matsuyama
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Preview Song Name Time Format Price Select
Furusato 5:11 Album Only
Tengu 5:34 Album Only
Koto 3:11 Album Only
Murasaki 2:05 Album Only
Tomorrow Never Knows 7:39 Album Only
Yoake 3:58 Album Only
This Is The Day 9:31 Album Only
Katen no Odori 5:35 Album Only
Amanogawa 5:48 Album Only
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Album Notes

John York (ex-Byrd) 12 string, vocals & gu zheng (chinese zither) w/ Yukiko Matsuyama amazing koto player from Osaka, Japan. All original compositions & one Beatles song, "Tomorrow Never Knows." Cover art & CD design by artist Sumi see www://home.earthlink.net/~sumjo/

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REVIEWS

author: Tamara Turner, CD Baby
Ex-Byrd member John York has teamed up with koto princess, Yukiko Matsuyama, in a striking and haunting album of compositions for gu zheng (Chinese zither) 12 string, vocals and instrumentals in this modern approach to cross-cultural acoustic music. With minimalistic, cyclic patterns, these pieces cast a ghostly spell over the over-stimulated mind. It may be obscure and it may be in a rare, isolated corner of its own but there's something inquisitive, uninhibited and curious about these songs that tug at the mind like a 2 year old on your trousers.
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