Utanohi (
Japanese: うたの日, ''Songs Day'') is an annual
music festival
A music festival is a community event with performances of singing and instrument playing that is often presented with a theme such as musical genre (e.g., rock, blues, folk, jazz, classical music), nationality, locality of musicians, or h ...
held in
Okinawa. Headliners include
Seijin Noborikawa
, born in Uruma, Okinawa, was a master Okinawan musician and ''min'yō'' folk singer, and a headliner of the Utanohi music festival.
Biography
Noborikawa was born to a farming family in Misato Village (now Uruma) in the Nakagami District, ...
,
Begin,
Rimi Natsukawa,
Orange Range,
HY,
Mongol800,
Kariyushi58,
2side1brain
is a Japanese post-hardcore group from Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, and a headliner of the Utanohi music festival. They are currently signed to an Independent record label, BORNtoLOVE Records, which is owned by the members of 2side1brain. They ...
,
Perfume and
The Boom, best known for the song "
Shima Uta".
See also
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Okinawan music is the music associated with the Okinawa Islands of southwestern Japan. In modern Japan, it may also refer to the musical traditions of Okinawa Prefecture, which covers the Miyako and Yaeyama Islands in addition to the Okinawa Islands. It has its ...
*
Music of Japan
External links
Songs day Official web site**
* http://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000452.000001355.html
Annual events in Japan
Rock festivals in Japan
Okinawan music
Festivals in Okinawa Prefecture
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