Credits:

Akiko Yano

Description:

Akiko Yano celebrated the 40th anniversary of her solo debut last year, and this is her fifth piano album in seven years! This is her life's work, supervised by her close friend and engineer, Kinji Yoshino, with whom she has produced many masterpieces of piano storytelling albums. It has been 25 years since his first album "SUPER FOLK SONG" was released, which is still fresh in our memories as a remastered movie of the same name was made about the production process. While maintaining the same unique and always progressive musicality, Yano's performance technique has evolved and deepened even further. This album offers both the thrilling aspect of Yano's stoicism in the performance of a single song and the warmth and friendliness that have grown with Yano and his music over the course of his career. This is the first time in his career that he has encountered and recorded on a German Bechstein piano. It also includes "Soft Landing," the ending theme for the NHK drama "Blanket Cats," which was previously released for download, and "SUPER FOLK SONG RETURNED," a legitimate continuation of the "SUPER FOLK SONG.