Japanese music expert Larry Stockton, chairman of the music department at Lafayette College in Easton, Pa., said teens and twentysomethings in Japan have been inspired by hearing shamisen players ...

Shamisen tones, filled with emotion, harmonize with the culture of traditional entertainment districts. The dwindling number of musicians has aroused the effort to keep the instrument and music alive.

He was the recipient of the 70th Arts Festival New Face Award by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, and was the first shamisen performer to receive the prestigious Idemitsu Music Award in 2014 and the ...

Traditionally, the shamisen has accompanied Japanese narrative songs, Bunraku (puppet theater), Kabuki (drama) and koto chamber music, but nowadays you can hear the shamisen in everything from ...

Jamaicans were given a rare treat when the Embassy of Japan collaborated with Church Teachers’ Collage to present two days of traditional Japanese music by hosting the Shamisen & Japanese Folk ...

Emi Makabe is a Japanese composer, vocalist, shamisen player, and educator based in New York City. Her songs, described by New York Music Daily as "rapturous, adventurous Japanese folk-influenced jazz ...