Ikue Asazaki
Ikue Asazaki ( Japanese 朝 崎 郁 恵 , Asazaki Ikue ; born November 11, 1935 on the Amami Islands , Kagoshima Prefecture , Japan ) is a Japanese singer of traditional folk music.
Life
Growing up in Setouchi , her father introduced her to the traditional music of Amami (Amami Shima-uta ) and Okinawa at an early age . In 1984 she moved from Yokohama , where she lived for ten years, to Tokyo , where she worked at the Japanese National Theater for almost ten years. In 1990 she performed at Carnegie Hall ( New York ), Los Angeles and Cuba . In 2002 she published Utabautayun whereupon she can be heard with traditional songs and lyrics from the Ryūkyū Islands . In 2007 she was the first female artist from Kagoshima to perform at the Ikegami Honmon-ji Temple in Tokyo.
Ikue Asazaki has worked with numerous artists such as Ryūichi Sakamoto , UA and Daikichi Yoshida in the course of her career . One of her most famous recordings is Obokuri-Eeumi which can be heard in the anime series Samurai Champloo . Their first Best Of album was released by Universal in 2008 .
Discography
- Umibi (1997)
- Utabautayun (2002)
- Uta-jima 詩 島 (2002)
- Uta Ashiibi (Uta Asobi) (2003)
- Obokuri (2005)
- Shimayumuta (2006)
- Hamasaki (2007)
- Featuring Best (2008)
Evidence and web links
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Asazaki, Ikue |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 朝 崎 郁 恵 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese singer of traditional folk music |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 11, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kagoshima Prefecture |