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My E.O. 9066 Stories: Frank Kikuchi, Manzanar DJ

On April 12, 2017, I interviewed Frank Kikuchi, a local Nisei who currently lives at Hollenbeck-Palms Retirement Community. Frank, now 93 years young, was a ...

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INTERVIEW: Emi Meyer, Singer-Songwriter - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Live Concert in Volunteer Park She arrived in Seattle just before her performance this time. “I was struggling with how to bring ...

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INTERVIEW: Emi Meyer, Singer-Songwriter - Part 1

Singer-songwriter Emi Meyer was born in Kyoto and raised in Seattle. Last year she celebrated the 10th anniversary of her debut with a triumphal performance ...

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Fluent in Jazz—DJ Yuki Maguire celebrates music that crosses borders

“Hello. Konnichiwa. Bon Jour. Ni Hao. Gutentag. Buenas Dias. Welcome to Yuki Maguire’s International Jazz Hour.” Thus begins Yuki Maguire’s jazz radio show ...

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Ten Little Known Stories About Topaz Concentration Camp - Part 1

The “Central Utah Relocation Center”—more popularly known as Topaz—was located at a dusty site in the Sevier Desert and had one of the ...

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Nobuko Fujimoto – She Taught Much More Than Piano

Every few months, friends, family and former students of piano teacher Nobuko Fujimoto gather at her home in the Crenshaw District of Los Angeles for ...

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Profile on Courtney Ozaki - Creative Producer and Performing Arts Manager

Courtney Ozaki is an arts producer and administrator, community leader, and taiko player living and working in the Denver Metro Area. She is Director of ...

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The Sound of the Japanese Diaspora: An Interview with G Yamazawa

When you first hear G Yamazawa you instantly want to bob your head while carefully listening to his astute observations of the world he inhabits ...

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Hapa Music is Black and Brown

Jhené Aiko and the Problem of Multiracial Self-Representation

At the 2018 VH1 Mother’s Day music tribute concert titled, Dear Mama: A Love Letter to Moms, Grammy nominated singer and songwriter Jhené Aiko ...

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The Songbird of Manzanar: Mary Nomura - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Going back into Manzanar again, was there one person that gave you that nickname “the songbird”?  I don’t know who gave ...