Yoshida Brothers
The Yoshida Brothers ( Japanese 吉田 兄弟 , Yoshida kyōdai ) are Japanese shamisen musicians and have already released several albums internationally on Domo Records . In 1999 they made their debut in Japan as a duo and have since achieved a certain level of notoriety around the world. Her music combines shamisen music in the tsugaro style with western instruments such as guitars and drums.
Members
The brothers Ryōichirō Yoshida ( 吉田 良 一郎 , Yoshida Ryōichirō ; * July 26, 1977) and Ken'ichi Yoshida ( 吉田 健 一 , Yoshida Ken'ichi ; * December 16, 1979) come from the city of Noboribetsu in the Japanese prefecture of Hokkaidō . The two have played the shamisen since they were children. At first they used the Minyō-Shamisen style , from 1989 they studied the Tsugaru-Shamisen style under the direction of Takashi Sasaki.
International albums
- 2003 - Yoshida Brothers
- 2004 - Yoshida Brothers II
- 2006 - Yoshida Brothers III
- 2007 - Hishou
- 2008 - Best of Yoshida Brothers - Tsugaru Shamisen
- 2009 - Prism
- 2014 - Horizon
Japanese albums
- Ibuki (1999)
- Move (2000)
- Soulful (2002)
- Frontier (2003) (aka Yoshida Brothers 2005)
- Renaissance (2004)
Web links
- 吉田 兄弟 . Yoshida Brothers,accessed July 22, 2013(Japanese, Official Website).
Individual evidence
- ↑ 吉田 兄弟 - Profiles. Yoshida Brothers, accessed July 22, 2013 (Japanese, Official Website).
- ^ Yoshida Brothers - Biography. domo music group, 2013, accessed on July 22, 2013 (English).