Breath tradition: Clive Bell on shakuhachi and Shabaka - The Wire
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from The Wire Magazine - Adventures In Modern Music11 months ago
The one [flute] he seems most committed to, the one he poses with in photos, and loves to talk about, is the Japanese shakuhachi.
The Wire Magazine - Adventures In Modern Musichttps://www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/the-portal/breath-tradition-clive-bell-on-shakuhachi-and-shabaka
An international network of summer schools, online workshops, and so on has reached the point where Japanese musicians look overseas with a certain envy that there can be so much activity.
The Wire Magazine - Adventures In Modern Musichttps://www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/the-portal/breath-tradition-clive-bell-on-shakuhachi-and-shabaka
In Japan, meanwhile, the instrument retains a strong identity with Japanese nationality, but few have actually seen it played.
The Wire Magazine - Adventures In Modern Musichttps://www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/the-portal/breath-tradition-clive-bell-on-shakuhachi-and-shabaka
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