Growing up, family parties would wind down around our favorite special occasion appliance. My father clumsily ran cables from the karaoke machine into our television, transforming the living room into ...
The Hot 100 launched in 1958, just 13 years after the end of World War II. The war was still well within living memory, and I have to imagine that it left deep psychic wounds all across the globe. And ...
Memories of a prison camp in the Arizona desert, a tsunami and a plane crash are stirred by the bittersweet Japanese song Sukiyaki, a huge global hit of the 1960s. Originally released in Japan with ...
During what proved to be a festival full of collaborations, Mac Demarco invited out fellow slacker hero, Post Malone onstage to play the shaker during a cover of Kyu Sakamoto's "Sukiyaki." By Sam ...
Chaelin Lee—better known as CL—is attempting to become a household name in the U.S. It won't be easy. In the summer of 1963, Japanese singer Kyu Sakamoto accomplished what no other artist from Asia ...
WAPATO, Wash. — Dave Sakamoto would divulge only part of the secret behind the memorable sauce he prepares for the annual Sukiyaki Dinner fundraiser for the Yakima Buddhist Church. “There’s a lot of ...
Growing up, family parties would wind down around our favorite special occasion appliance. My father clumsily ran cables from the karaoke machine into our television, transforming the living room into ...