SAHO TERAO "My Favorite Children's Songs"

PLP-6989
Format: LP
Price: 3,400 yen + tax
Release date: December 2, 2020

★First limited production

The long-awaited LP version of the 2016 album by Saho Terao, one of the greatest singer-songwriters of our time, featuring rearrangements of children's songs that have been sung all over Japan. Along with her original songs, she also performs charming children's songs from all over Japan in her live shows. Her arrangements, sometimes with simple piano accompaniment, sometimes with jazz and blues, sometimes with electronic sounds, and even with cumbia and Afrobeat, open the door to a world of music that transcends borders of countries and eras. Terao Saho goes beyond the boundaries of singer-songwriter to deliver a new form of children's songs. A must-listen for all music fans.

■Track list

• SIDE A:
• 1. Niigata Wind Song "Kaze no Saburo ~ God of Wind" (Miyauchicho, Nagaoka City, Kubisawa, Ojiya City)
• 2. Saitama Firefly Song "What Shines on That Mountain" (Takasaki, Higashimatsuyama City)
• 3. Shimane Oki Rabbit Lullaby "Nenneko Oyama no" (Ama Town, Oki District)
• 4. Hiroshima Toyoda Rabbit Lullaby "The Sleeping Mountain Rabbit" (Toyomachi, Toyoda District)
• 5. Nagano Nozawa Onsen Lullaby "Nennen Nemu no Haappa" (Nozawa Onsen Village, Shimotakai District)
• 6. Aichi Nagoya's Otedama Song "On the Chicha Tree in the Back Field" (Chikusa Ward, Nagoya City)
• 7. Kumamoto Ashikita's Baby Song "Nenneshinasare" (Yuura, Ashikita-machi, Ashikita-gun)
• 8. Kochi Butterfly Song "Chochokanko" (Kagami Town, Kami District, Takaoka District, Susaki City, etc.)
• 9. Miyagi: Foreigner Murder Lullaby "Ringajinto" (Ogota Town, Toda District)
• SIDE B:
• 1. Ishikawa Noto lullaby "Go to sleep" (Mimurocho, Nanao City)
• 2. Kyoto Snow Song "Yuki Yakonko" (former Kyoto City Castle, Tanabe Town, Tsuzuki District)
• 3. Kanagawa Prefecture Zushi no Morikouta "Song of the Squid Fishing Boat" (Kotsubo, Zushi City)
• 4. Fukuoka, Itoshima Lullaby "If You Pass the Shii Mountains" (Shima Town, Itoshima District)
• 5. Ibaraki Seven Herbs Song "Nanakusa Natsuna" (Kashima District, Naka District, Tsukuba City, etc.)
• 6. Hyogo: Lullaby sunk in a dam "Lullaby of Ikuno" (Kami-Ikuno, Ikuno-cho, Asago-gun)
• 7. Kagoshima Tokunoshima Lullaby "Nennegwase" (Tokunoshima Town, Oshima District)