The work of Japanese folk singer-songwriter Ichiko Aoba is a bit like sakura in Japan. A key part of Japanese culture, the delicate nature of cherry blossoms blooming represents spring, renewal, ...

The Japanese folk lullaby originates from the village of Takeda near Kyoto. The song focuses on an outcast community at the bottom of the Japanese social order and a young girl who has to work for ...

The song preluded McRae's debut EP, released in 2021, and album, in 2022, which led to touring gigs with Muna and Noah Kahan. Last year, she signed with Dead Oceans, the same record label that ...