gtr wrote:
> On 2007-03-20 07:24:34 -0700, Dan Rempel <drempel@islandnet.com> said:
>
>> Al wrote:
>>> Dan Rempel <drempel@islandnet.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> ISTR that some of you guys live in, around, and/or on Okinawa; do you
>>>> have any information on upcoming music festivals, shows, and the like?
>>>
>>> Still planning to go to Iriomote Island end of this month?
>>
>> Just got back, twas great. Found plenty of music there, and intend to
>> return next year. You guys were keeping this place a secret, weren't you?
>
> Okinawan music, I assume.  Modern or more tradtional or what?  I ran
> into a sake-bar in Kyoto where an Israeli guy was a real enthusiast for
> Okinawan music and was trying to hip us to as much of that as the sake.
>
> I don't suppose anybody knows the Israeli-owned Sake bar in Kyoto?  I
> tried to find it last November but couldn't remember where the hell it was.

More-or-less traditional Okinawan sanshin stuff, although my
understanding is even amongst the old-timers 'tradition' is a very
flexible term.

Dan

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