|
JapanFest 2008 September 27-28 at Gwinnett Center
|
|
For more information on JapanFest, call 404-842-0736 or visit www.japanfest.org. |
|
Atlanta... Lack of gasoline in the metro Atlanta area did not keep more than 14,000 visitors from attending JapanFest 2008, held September 27-28 at Gwinnett Center. Headlining this year’s festival was Sinatra, an up-and-coming rock band that traveled all the way from Tokyo just to perform at JapanFest. They wowed a standing-room-only audience during four energetic performances that combined Japanese rock with taiko drums, conch shells and flutes. Visitors could be heard humming the tune from their hit song Nihonjin nara kawara-yane (Only tiled roofs will do for the Japanese) long after the performance ended. Additionally, Yoko Hiraoka told the story of the Tale of Genji through the biwa, a Japanese-style lute. MADOCA entranced the audience with her jazz, fusion, and funk performance, and Tomi Isobe Blues Band rocked the house with its fusion of rock and blues. Matsuriza and Carolina Forest Elementary Taiko Drum Ensemble performed on the perennially popular taiko drums, and Lisa Furukawa soothed souls with her unique fusion of folk, pop, electronica, and classical music.
|
