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Minyo Crusaders has been played on NTS shows including Light in the Attic, with おてもやん = Otemoyan first played on 7 January 2020.

Minyo Crusaders rework historic Japanese folk songs (min'yō) with Latin, African, Caribbean and Asian rhythms on their debut album “Echoes of Japan”. A big band like no other, where distinctive min'yō vocals glide over grooves that join the dots between cumbia, Ethiopian jazz, Thai pop, Afro funk and reggae.

In the late 90s Katsumi Tanaka moved to Fussa, a city in western Tokyo steeped in counter-culture folklore as the home of Eiichi Ohtaki of Japanese rock band Happy End. Tanaka met…

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安来節 = Yasugi Bushi
Minyo Crusaders, 民謡クルセイダーズ
P-Vine Records2017
安来節 = Yasugi Bushi
Minyo Crusaders, 民謡クルセイダーズP-Vine Records2017
Discogs
おてもやん = Otemoyan
Minyo Crusaders, 民謡クルセイダーズ
P-Vine Records2017
おてもやん = Otemoyan
Minyo Crusaders, 民謡クルセイダーズP-Vine Records2017
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Aizu Bandaisan (Radio Edit)
Minyo Crusaders, 民謡クルセイダーズ
Mais Um2019
Aizu Bandaisan (Radio Edit)
Minyo Crusaders, 民謡クルセイダーズMais Um2019
Discogs
Cumbia Del Monte Fuji
Minyo Crusaders, Frente Cumbiero
Mais Um Discos2020
Cumbia Del Monte Fuji
Minyo Crusaders, Frente CumbieroMais Um Discos2020
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