Top 5 Japanese Guitarists of All Time These are the greatest axe-men that ever came out of Japan. Period. This foolproof list…
Former Momoclo Pop Idol Akari Hayami: “My personality didn’t suit being an idol” From Momoclo pop idol to leading lady, Akari Hayami tells TW what she’s learned about…
Australian Band Shares a Sunny Outlook Ahead of Fuji Rock Fuji Rock, Japan’s biggest and boldest music festival, is a familiar stage for the world’s…
Japan’s All-Time Top 5 Hip-Hop Producers and Beat Makers Beneath Japan’s cookie-cutter mainstream rap, there’s a progressive underground scene. It’s where lesser-known producers and…
Surf, Sand, Ska Bands and 5 Other Things We Saw at Yokohama’s Greenroom Festival It was a scorching weekend at Yokohama’s historic Red Brick Warehouse with a record 120,000…
Singers Elizaveta and Scott Murphy Pen a Love Letter to Japan – in Japanese The late Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury was candidly verbose about his love for ukiyo-e woodblock prints and…
30 of Japan’s Hottest Music Festivals for Summer and Beyond Nothing says summer like music festivals. We have the lowdown on the biggest and best…
Punk Icons Descendents Talk Ramen and Globe-Trotting Culinary Adventures True to the lyrics in one of his band’s most popular songs, “I Like Food,”…
Bartender Turned Singer Yu Imari’s Road to Success: “I Felt As Though I’d Failed” Eight years ago, Yu Imari was close to giving up on his dream of making…
Singer-Songwriter HYDE: “I feel freer now than I did in the past” “The most dramatic and beautiful collection of songs I’ve ever made.” This is how singer-songwriter…
Pop-rock Band DISH// Serves Up a Tasty Sound on Latest Album A pop-rock group with a large domestic following, DISH// started out in 2011 as a…
Chill Out at These Top 7 Tokyo Jazz Clubs Here’s a broad platter of jazz clubs that reflect Japan’s long love affair with a…
Japanese Didgeridoo Artist Goma on Facing Death and Becoming a Sudden Savant Just under a decade ago Hiroki Morimoto was involved in a near-fatal traffic accident that…
Actor and Muso Dean Fujioka: “We’re All Capable of Lifting Ourselves to Another Level” The last time TW met actor and musician Dean Fujioka – in 2015 – he…
Ahead of His Tokyo Show, Legendary DJ Ferry Corsten Talks Trance Music, UNITY and Collaboration Considered one of the pioneers of trance music and its many sub-genres, Ferry Corsten has…
