http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.27967562&rws=%2Fyoshida-brothers%2Ftop-tracks.rssThe Yoshida Brothers are part of a new wave of shamisen players in Japan that pair a deep respect for the instrument's roots in folk traditions with a strong interest in pop and rock experimentation. The brothers grew up in Noboribetsu, Hokkaido, and each began studying the three-string Japanese lute at age five, primarily pursuing the <I>Tsugaru-jamisen</I> genre. They have gone on to become respected traditional masters, winning national shamisen competitions and releasing a highly successful folk debut that earned a Traditional Japanese Music Album of the Year award at the Japan Golden Disc Awards. Ryoichiro and Kenichi are also known as innovators, pioneering an aggressive, almost electric guitar-esque playing style and adding dance beats, pop stylings and blues-rock elements to their recordings. The combination of innovation and tradition has garnered the Brothers an international reputation, as well as the deal that has arguably made them the most famous: In 2006, Nintendo began using their song "Kodo (Inside the Sun Remix)" for the popular commercials for their Wii gaming system. - Rachel DevittJapanen720Thu, 7 Jan 2010 09:46:19 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.27967562&rws=%2Fyoshida-brothers%2Ftop-tracks.rss The Yoshida Brothers are part of a new wave of shamisen players in Japan that pair a deep respect for the instrument's roots in folk traditions with a strong interest in pop and rock experimentation. The brothers grew up in Noboribetsu, Hokkaido, and each began studying the three-string Japanese lute at age five, primarily pursuing the <I>Tsugaru-jamisen</I> genre. They have gone on to become respected traditional masters, winning national shamisen competitions and releasing a highly successful folk debut that earned a Traditional Japanese Music Album of the Year award at the Japan Golden Disc Awards. Ryoichiro and Kenichi are also known as innovators, pioneering an aggressive, almost electric guitar-esque playing style and adding dance beats, pop stylings and blues-rock elements to their recordings. The combination of innovation and tradition has garnered the Brothers an international reputation, as well as the deal that has arguably made them the most famous: In 2006, Nintendo began using their song "Kodo (Inside the Sun Remix)" for the popular commercials for their Wii gaming system. - Rachel Devitt http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28883577&rws=%2Fyoshida-brothers%2Ftop-tracks.rss Japan Tue, 3 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Yoshida Brothers on Rhapsody Online 28883577 tra.28883577 Yoshida Brothers art.27967562 0.0 Best Of Yoshida Brothers - Tsugaru Shamisen alb.28882197 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/5/4/7/1717450_170x170.jpg 2009-06-30 00:00:00.0 2008-06-03 00:00:00.0 false A Hill With No Name tra.28883577 200000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28883577&rws=%2Fyoshida-brothers%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28883577&variant=data&rws=%2Fyoshida-brothers%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.27106767&rws=%2Fyoshida-brothers%2Ftop-tracks.rss Japan Sun, 1 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Yoshida Brothers on Rhapsody Online 27106767 tra.27106767 Yoshida Brothers art.27967562 0.0 III alb.27100943 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/0/9/6/1606902_170x170.jpg 2009-03-31 00:00:00.0 2006-01-01 00:00:00.0 false Overland Blues tra.27106767 272000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.27106767&rws=%2Fyoshida-brothers%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.27106767&variant=data&rws=%2Fyoshida-brothers%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.13320374&variant=play&rws=%2Fyoshida-brothers%2Ftop-tracks.rss Japan Tue, 20 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Yoshida Brothers on Rhapsody Online 13320374 tra.13320374 Yoshida Brothers art.27967562 0.99 Hishou alb.13314449 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/4/5/8/1598540_170x170.jpg 2004-01-01 00:00:00.0 2007-02-20 00:00:00.0 true Kodo - Hishou Version (Hishou Version) tra.13320374 197000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.13320374&variant=play&rws=%2Fyoshida-brothers%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.13320374&variant=data&rws=%2Fyoshida-brothers%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28883584&rws=%2Fyoshida-brothers%2Ftop-tracks.rss Japan Tue, 3 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Yoshida Brothers on Rhapsody Online 28883584 tra.28883584 Yoshida Brothers art.27967562 0.0 Best Of Yoshida Brothers - Tsugaru Shamisen alb.28882197 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/5/4/7/1717450_170x170.jpg 2009-06-30 00:00:00.0 2008-06-03 00:00:00.0 false Kodo – Inside the Sun Remix tra.28883584 252000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28883584&rws=%2Fyoshida-brothers%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28883584&variant=data&rws=%2Fyoshida-brothers%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.27979353&rws=%2Fyoshida-brothers%2Ftop-tracks.rss Japan Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Yoshida Brothers on Rhapsody Online 27979353 tra.27979353 Yoshida Brothers art.27967562 0.0 Prism alb.27970102 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/4/7/5/1645747_170x170.jpg 2009-05-12 00:00:00.0 2009-05-12 00:00:00.0 false Red Bird tra.27979353 298000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.27979353&rws=%2Fyoshida-brothers%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.27979353&variant=data&rws=%2Fyoshida-brothers%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23312567&variant=play&rws=%2Fyoshida-brothers%2Ftop-tracks.rss Japan Sat, 4 Jul 2009 08:22:56 -0700 Top Tracks by Yoshida Brothers on Rhapsody Online 23312567 tra.23312567 Yoshida Brothers art.27967562 0.99 Nightmare Revisited alb.23308803 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/7/2/5/1845270_170x170.jpg 2008-09-30 00:00:00.0 null true Nabbed tra.23312567 453000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23312567&variant=play&rws=%2Fyoshida-brothers%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23312567&variant=data&rws=%2Fyoshida-brothers%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28883576&rws=%2Fyoshida-brothers%2Ftop-tracks.rss Japan Tue, 3 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Yoshida Brothers on Rhapsody Online 28883576 tra.28883576 Yoshida Brothers art.27967562 0.0 Best Of Yoshida Brothers - Tsugaru Shamisen alb.28882197 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/5/4/7/1717450_170x170.jpg 2009-06-30 00:00:00.0 2008-06-03 00:00:00.0 false Overland Blues tra.28883576 270000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28883576&rws=%2Fyoshida-brothers%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28883576&variant=data&rws=%2Fyoshida-brothers%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3868061&rws=%2Fyoshida-brothers%2Ftop-tracks.rss Japan Tue, 12 Aug 2003 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Yoshida Brothers on Rhapsody Online 3868061 tra.3868061 Yoshida Brothers art.27967562 0.0 Yoshida Brothers alb.314986 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/9/1/3/1593192_170x170.jpg 2009-03-24 00:00:00.0 2003-08-12 00:00:00.0 false Storm [T.M. 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Tsugaru Shamisen alb.28882197 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/5/4/7/1717450_170x170.jpg 2009-06-30 00:00:00.0 2008-06-03 00:00:00.0 false Kodo (Hishou Version) tra.28883575 197000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28883575&rws=%2Fyoshida-brothers%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28883575&variant=data&rws=%2Fyoshida-brothers%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.30862211&variant=play&rws=%2Fyoshida-brothers%2Ftop-tracks.rss Japan Fri, 1 Jan 2010 07:25:12 -0800 Top Tracks by Yoshida Brothers on Rhapsody Online 30862211 tra.30862211 Yoshida Brothers art.27967562 0.99 Ibuki alb.30848323 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/1/3/7/1897319_170x170.jpg 2009-11-17 00:00:00.0 null true Ibuki tra.30862211 357000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.30862211&variant=play&rws=%2Fyoshida-brothers%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.30862211&variant=data&rws=%2Fyoshida-brothers%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.30862206&variant=play&rws=%2Fyoshida-brothers%2Ftop-tracks.rss Japan Fri, 1 Jan 2010 07:25:12 -0800 Top Tracks by Yoshida Brothers on Rhapsody Online 30862206 tra.30862206 Yoshida Brothers art.27967562 0.99 Ibuki alb.30848323 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/1/3/7/1897319_170x170.jpg 2009-11-17 00:00:00.0 null true Modern tra.30862206 139000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.30862206&variant=play&rws=%2Fyoshida-brothers%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.30862206&variant=data&rws=%2Fyoshida-brothers%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.30862207&variant=play&rws=%2Fyoshida-brothers%2Ftop-tracks.rss Japan Fri, 1 Jan 2010 07:25:12 -0800 Top Tracks by Yoshida Brothers on Rhapsody Online 30862207 tra.30862207 Yoshida Brothers art.27967562 0.99 Ibuki alb.30848323 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/1/3/7/1897319_170x170.jpg 2009-11-17 00:00:00.0 null true Tsugaru Aiyabushi tra.30862207 241000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.30862207&variant=play&rws=%2Fyoshida-brothers%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.30862207&variant=data&rws=%2Fyoshida-brothers%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.13320373&variant=play&rws=%2Fyoshida-brothers%2Ftop-tracks.rss Japan Tue, 20 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Yoshida Brothers on Rhapsody Online 13320373 tra.13320373 Yoshida Brothers art.27967562 0.99 Hishou alb.13314449 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/4/5/8/1598540_170x170.jpg 2004-01-01 00:00:00.0 2007-02-20 00:00:00.0 true Ibuki - 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