Yumi Matsutoya - Cobalt Hour (1975)
Welcome to Eastern Evening! While I'm still getting used to this, I will update the blog every day, though I doubt I'll have too many visitors. I've had a huge interest in eastern music and other obscure jewels for the longest time. I learn something new with every new artist I come across, and I hope to convey that experience to every reader. I hope to make posts with heavy musical analysis over a plethora of artists and genres, but I'll start with this classic... Yumi Matsutoya (also called Yuming), is a forerunner of most modern Japanese music. Matsutoya had the privilege of working with some stellar artists including Tats Yamashita, Taeko Ohnuki, and Minako Yoshida. I was pleased to discover that 70s heavyweights Harry Hosono and Shigeru Suzuki played on most of Yuming's albums when she was Yumi Arai. This is significantly relevant here. And what better way to kick off Yuming's expansive and impressively prolific catalog than with Cobalt Hour