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Tegami à la mandoline !
Le 27 mai dernier a été commercialisé au Japon l’album Genshoku Roman 5 〜Yūrei-na MANDOLIN Shijūsō〜 | 弦色浪漫V 〜優麗なマンドリン四重奏〜 d’Aoyama Tadashi | 青山忠 avec la piste Tegami jouée à la mandoline !
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06 Tegami | 手紙
Add comment 27 août 2009
Scans du SONGS d’avril 2009 !
Voici les scans du magazine Songs du mois d’avril 2009 dans lequel Angela apparaît !
scans : Rokit@JPM
2 comments 1 mai 2009
La photo du Fujinkoron !
Voici la photo qui a servi de cover au dernier numéro du magazine Fujinkoron !
Add comment 9 avril 2009
En couverture du Fujinkoron d’avril 2009 !
Angela fait aussi la couverture du numéro d’avril 2009 du magazine 婦人公論 | Fujinkoron !
1 comment 6 avril 2009
En couverture du Okinawa Club d’avril 2009 !
Angela fait la couverture du numéro d’avril 2009 du magazine おきなわ倶楽部 | Okinawa Club. Elle fera l’objet de la Cover Interview Vol.130 !
Add comment 6 avril 2009
En couverture du Songs d’avril 2009 !
Le 15 mars dernier a été publié au Japon le numéro 76 d’avril 2009 du magazine Songs dont Angela fait la couverture !
Add comment 17 mars 2009
Scan de l’interview de CLASSY !
Voici le scan de l’interview d’Angela parue dans le magazine CLASSY pour le mois d’avril 2009 !
scan : sailorfirestar @ LJ & koushuitang.com
1 comment 11 mars 2009
Scan de l’interview de Soup. !
Voici le scan de l‘interview d’Angela parue dans le magazine Soup. pour le mois d’avril 2009 !
scan : kozumifan @ LJ
Add comment 3 mars 2009
Interview pour mainichi.jp !
Mainichi.jp publie une interview d’Angela en anglais datée du 19 février ! L’interview paraitra dans le numéro du MAINICHI WEEKLY du 21 février !
Angela’s Answer
“I don’t think there are answers to all questions. But I believe that constantly seeking out and asking could get something, and that is the answer,” says singer‐songwriter Angela Aki, explaining the major theme behind her latest album, “Answer.”
Much of Aki’s early years were spent in search of life’s important answers. Born between a Japanese father and American mother, she encountered her own special set of conflict and struggles.
While in her teens, she wrote a letter addressed to her future self. On her 30th birthday, her mother gave her the letter. She then wrote a reply to herself, regardless of the fact that a letter addressed to herself would never be delivered. The process was the inspiration for a song, titled “Tegami,” on her latest album.
The tune became a hit last year after it was selected to be one of the compulsory songs for a nationwide school singing contest held by NHK. Aki’s fame was further established recently by her performance at Kohaku Uta Gassen, NHK’s highly popular song contest program aired every New Year’s eve.
“Now I’m old enough
But still have sleepless nights from being hurt
Bitter and sweet life is going on, just like you”
(Lyrics from “Tegami”)
Many of Aki’s fans seem to relate to such sentiment. She receives a large number of letters from both children who are unable to discover the answers to their troubles and adults who are distraught by not being able to find any answers for their questions.
Aki graduated from a university in the United States and worked there for a time. Yet she was unable to abandon her dream of becoming a musician. She quit her job and started to sing at a bar, which often had drunken customers, and she also worked as a waitress. Whenever she performed in front of a drunken audience who never listened to her songs, she closed her eyes and imagined the day she would “sing for people who came only to listen to her songs.” But sometimes, she lost her confidence and didn’t know what she really wanted to do.
During her time in America, Aki wrote hundreds of songs with lyrics in English. After returning to Japan, she found it difficult to express herself in Japanese. Even so, she persevered and by the time of her professional debut she had written more than 200 Japanese songs. During the process of composing songs in Japanese, she discovered the beauty of the Japanese language.
At the same time, she’s been keen to convey to her Japanese audiences some of her all‐time favorite songs, such as Bob Dylan’s “Knocking on Heaven’s Door,” and Boz Scaggs’ “We’re All Alone,” by singing them in Japanese.
“I enjoy and absorb the songs, and the Japanese lyrics come to my lips. I try to treat them as if they are originals,” she says.
This approach led directly to a professional collaboration. It started after U.S. singer‐songwriter Ben Folds happened to hear Aki’s version of his song. She received a message from him that he wanted to meet her. The two hit it off. Their friendship, and a shared feature, their trademark glasses, inspired the recording of the song “Black Glasses.”
In her quest for answers, she responds that she aims to continue being one‐to‐one with the audience.
“Even when I sing in front of 2,000 people, I want to place importance on the feeling that I’m facing every individual member of the audience,” she says with a smile.
1 comment 21 février 2009
Premières images du FLYING POSTMAN PRESS !
C’est ce vendredi 20 février que sort le nouveau numéro du magazine FLYING POSTMAN PRESS avec une Angela plus belle que jamais en couverture ! Une partie de l’interview est disponible sur le site du magazine !
3 comments 19 février 2009
