simon hutchinson

Onikembai (American World), Kitakami, Iwate, Japan
Admission: Free

I will join Sato Choei and the Choei-Kai shamisen group for an evening of folk-songs from Tsugaru, the Northern Peninsula of Honshu.

Fukushu Center, Towa, Iwate, Japan

I will join Sato Choei and the Towa Sangenkai for a performance of Jonkara Bushi and Hanakasa Ondo.

Here’s the results of my project this afternoon:

All I Want for Christmas is You

It just doesn’t feel like Christmas unless I record some music. I apologize for singing all those wrong notes, but hey, it’s Christmas!

“Black Friday” is now behind us, so I can start listening to Christmas music again.

I’ve taken a page out of Lou Harrison’s book and taken one of my pieces that is never played and converted into a new computer-Christmas chorale (complete with sleigh bells).

[undisclosed] Prize to the first person who can name the original tune.

Three Minutes of Christmas