J-Pop! Music East and West

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Sayonara Amerika, Sayonara Nippon: A Geopolitical Prehistory of J-Pop
(Michael Bourdaghs)
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Japanese Rockabilly
Interviewer: 
Jim Fleming
Guest(s): 
Michael Bourdaghs
Producer(s): 
Sara Nics
08.24.2012

America has a thing for Japanese culture. And since the U.S. and its allies occupied Japan after WWII, some Japanese have had a thing for American culture, music in particular.

Michael Bourdaghs talks with Jim Fleming about trading tunes across the Pacific.
 
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Submitted by atrevido@elmnet.net (not verified) on Sun, 08/26/2012 - 11:12am

Twenty-five years ago, I heard a variety of fascinating recordings which were brought back from Japan by a tourist who could not translate the labels. What recordings and artists could I access from here?

Submitted by Max (not verified) on Sun, 08/26/2012 - 7:34pm

At about 5:19 there is a japanese surf rock track that I was hoping to get some information on

Submitted by Michael Bourdaghs (not verified) on Sun, 08/26/2012 - 8:46pm

Terauchi Takeshi's "Tsugaru jongara bushi": http://youtu.be/LvgnjDzmZik

Submitted by skaSmith (not verified) on Sun, 05/26/2013 - 2:10pm

youtube has pulled that one!

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