Music

Ocar-winning Italian composer Ennio Morricone, who created the coyote-howl theme for the iconic spaghetti western "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” and often haunting soundtracks for such classic Hollywood gangster movies as "The Untouchables” and the epic "Once Upon a Time in America,” ...

The rerelease of Takashi Kokubo’s Bauhaus-inspired album from the 1980s is just another sign that ambient music seems to be making a comeback.

As it has done with just about all activities around the globe, the novel coronavirus has reshaped how we consume our entertainment. In Japan, one of those ways has been the revival, most notably among young people, of a once favorite pastime that had largely ...

Legendary U.S. folk singer Bob Dylan releases his first album of original songs in eight years Friday with the 10-track "Rough and Rowdy Ways." Dylan's 39th studio album features a 17-minute ballad about the assassination of John F. Kennedy, as well as a tribute to ...

Mayuko Hitotsuyanagi, the musician behind the electronia-moniker Cuushe, has a clear message with her new project, FEM: She’s ready to raise her voice.

With the news that this year’s Fuji Rock Festival would be postponed until 2021, summer 2020 became the season of no music in Japan. Organizer Smash Japan’s decision to not hold the annual gathering at the Naeba Ski Resort in Niigata over COVID-19 concerns officially ...

Smash Japan announced today that the 2020 edition of Fuji Rock Festival will be postponed until August 2021 due to ongoing concerns regarding COVID-19. The summer music festival, which was scheduled for Aug. 21 through 23 at the Naeba Ski Resort in Niigata, is the ...

On his formidable debut album, “Passport & Garcon,” South Korea-born rapper Moment Joon lays claim to his present home in suburban Osaka with unusual specificity.

The four-piece band marks 10 years of bucking expectations and musical risk-taking.

Seiichi Yamamoto, founder of Osaka live music venue Namba Bears, is employing a range of methods to keep his stage open to touring musicians.

Despite Japan having lifted its state of emergency, gig-goers may have to wait for live music to get back to normal across the country.