Aiko Shimada Discography of CDs

Aiko Shimada albums This brand new CD, "Like Hannah" is her 7th CD. It is released on her own label, Bera Records. People often find it difficult to categorize Aiko's music since different people hear different musical elements in her music. Often the descriptions are total opposite, depends on who listens. This CD features her own band members including Dave Carter (flugel horn), Dave Brogan (drums) and ...

Aiko Shimada music CDs "Local star Shimada has a love for darker colors and more complex musical influences, incorporating jazz and other ethnic sounds into a style that is deeply melodic, ?c" - Seattle Weekly When you think of Japanese musicians performing in the U.S., one might think of genres such as alternative pop/rock, jazz, noise, and experimental music. Tokyo-born, Seattle based guitarist/singer/songwriter Aiko Shimada has her own unique ...

Aiko Shimada CD discography Track Listing of songs: Oborozuki Yo; Furusato; Sakura, Sakura; Momiji; Takeda No Komoriuta; Aiko's Lullaby; AKA Tonbo; Aogeba Totoshi; Umi; Mimura Nu Angwa; Hatsu Yuki; Kirakira Boshi; Hama Chidori; Hagoromo No Komoriuta; Komoriuta; Oyasumi;

Aiko Shimada discography "Local star Shimada has a love for darker colors and more complex musical influences, incorporating jazz and other ethnic sounds into a style that is deeply melodic"- Seattle Weekly When you think of Japanese musicians performing in the U.S., one might think of genres such as alternative pop/rock, jazz, noise, and experimental music. Tokyo-born, Seattle based guitarist/singer/songwriter Aiko Shimada has her own unique approach. Victory ...

Aiko Shimada songs Aiko Shimada is a Tokyo-born, Seattle-based guitarist/singer/songwriter. Listeners and critics often try to describe her music, but fail to come up with a particular genre. Depending on who describes it, it's placed under anywhere from folk, jazz, pop/rock, world, to experimental music. Though, it's always described as beautiful. Aiko has released several CDs in the past, and each one has its unique sound. The ...

Aiko Shimada albums Nick Drake's songs have attracted a large number of admirers for their beauty and melancholy, but few can have approached those compositions with the stylistic imagination found on Songlines Recordings' Poor Boy: Songs of Nick Drake. Songlines owner Tony Reif organized a tribute concert to Drake in Vancouver, Canada, in 1999 featuring many of the artists heard here, and he added to them with ...

Aiko Shimada music CDs Recipient of a 2004 NAPPA GOLD Award, iParenting Media Award, and Parents' Choice Approved Award!Through a series of far-fetched coincidences (you can read about them in the liner notes!) these three unique Pacific Northwest artists have met and released their first recording together, Island Dreams. True to Koto World style, it is uniquely inspired acoustic music, this time with hues of island sound brought ...

Aiko Shimada discography Albums aimed at children can go two ways -- a few are sublime, but the vast majority go for the lowest common denominator, talking down to the kids and just being generally stupid. Without a doubt, Oyasumi falls into the former category. Singer/songwriter Aiko Shimada (who's been making a name for herself as a writer and performer) offers shimmering vocals on music from her native Japan, while Elizabeth Falconer (an American who fell in love with Japan) is an inspired and accomplished counterpart on koto. The material's drawn from a number of ...