National Feb 25, 2013

Traditional Japanese musicians wow U.S. audience with tribute to disaster victims

The 38th annual Music From Japan Festival kicked off with a Japanese drum and flute concert in New York on Saturday, delighting the audience while paying tribute to residents of the area struck by the March 2011 disasters and ensuing nuclear crisis. Japanese-American musicians ...

National Jan 23, 2013

'Taiko' firm drums up popularity within U.S.

With the dream of raising Japanese “taiko” drumming to worldwide prominence, a centuries-old maker of the traditional instruments is creating a business foothold in Los Angeles. Encouraged by a steep increase in sales of taiko drums in the United States, Asano Taiko Co. has ...