Let’s meet KiKi (Ki & Ki) known to some — respectfully? diminutively? — as the “shamisen girls.”
In class this season we’re going to listen to music performed on so many East and Southeast Asian instruments, some of which we don’t hear very often in the West, like China’s suona , others that are becoming more familiar, and many that give us a bit of both. For example, the Japanese shamisen clearly reminds us of the guitar, but its sound and emotional feel land us firmly and formidably in East Asia. KiKi (Ki & Ki), a talented duo of shamisen players from Japan, will show you what’s up.
We are revising the AllAroundThisWorld.com site — the information you’re seeking may still be here, but a lot of links are broken and details may be out of date. We are currently using a new (better!) site — ExploreEverywhere.com — to tell you all about our class offerings, our “pen pal” program and how to become one of our teachers, and will eventually be moving all the goodies from here over to there. So, GO TO THE NEW SITE!
