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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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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 ...
“I always thought when I was a little girl, ‘I’m going to be a singer on the radio.’ I thought I would not get ...
Kishi Bashi at the Skirball Cultural Center on August 23, 2018. Striding onto the Skirball Cultural Center’s Sunset Concert stage before a full house ...
Natsukashii. That is the Japanese word that best expresses the feeling I get whenever I hear a song from “back in the day” – which, by ...
Read Part 1 >> Recently, I was lucky enough to travel to Estes Park to visit the beautiful mountain campus of Eagle Rock School and meet ...
Meghan Tokunaga-Scanlon is an energetic and passionate music educator, who leads music, theatre, and dance programming at Eagle Rock School and Professional Development Center in ...
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The Pure Nikkei Society There is a music event where Nikkei musicians deal with the concept, “Enrich the world with Latin and Okinawan fusion”, and ...
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My friends (and anyone who follows my social media “food porn” photos) know that I’m a snob about Japanese food. I have strong opinions ...
ON THURSDAY NIGHT, Nov. 16, 2017, I had a date with my cousin, Diane, to see Kuniko Fukushima sing and play the piano at the ...
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