Osaka 大阪
Aki&Goh (Osaka/Saga/Fukuoka)
Oita/Iki/Saga 大分/壱岐/佐賀
Kanto 関東
Hacto&Goh (Ashikaga/Tamura/Iwaki)
Fuji/Okayama/Tokushima 富士山/岡山/徳島
Hachijyo/LA 八丈/ロス
Photos: Maeda Noritoshi, Imade Mao, Shinji Ohta, Aki Miyoshi, Nobuhiro Eguchi, Yoshitake Takada, Masumi Masuda, Denka, Hacto, Gan (Iwao Ohyama), Shinichi Imazu, and Satoko Fukuda, and Goh
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作曲、録音、録画、先月八月にしました。八月の八は八丈島の八と一緒。聞いてみてください、買ってみてください、シェアしてみてください、八丈島行ってみてください。2024年10月から12月のLovetap日本&Mexicoツアーで弾きます。
Composed/filmed/recorded last month in August. In Japan, we use numbers for our months, and August would be the eighth month... 8 stands for "Hachi" in Japanese, same "Hachi" as Hachijo-jima. Have a listen, buy, share, and fly yourself to the tropical island of Tokyo. I am aiming to perform this brand new song during Lovetap Japan & Mexico tour 2024 starting in October and ending in December.
去年のは八丈島からの写真はもっとここにあります：
www.composelife.com/diary/2023/12/17/probably
For more photos from Hachijo-jima, visit the link above.
Back to hang around!
これやれば腰がいい感じになります！
(set1)
1. Tsubasa (by Hacto; "tsubasa" = "wings")
2. Live Every Day
3. Lovetap - www.composelife.com/diary/lovetap
4. Momo - www.composelife.com/diary/flow
5. Sing
6. Chikara Danza
7. Kicker
8. Wave (song about NOT being able to swim at 5am)
9. Third Word Swamp - www.composelife.com/diary/tws
10. New Day
(set2)
1. Slow Burn - www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zFGGXrC2kc
2. MFMF - www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUOE0UAIpZY
3. 39 (by Queen)
4. Scream
5. Drive
6. Remember Lovetap - www.composelife.com/diary/mexico2024
7. ???
8. Smile - www.composelife.com/diary/smile
9. Move
10. Keep It Simple - www.youtube.com/watch?v=99AQjtLk3bU
11. Lucky Old Sun - www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTYc7UyGW3c
Keep grinding everybody!
;)
GOH KUROSAWA
LOVETAP TOUR 2024 MEXICO/メキシコ
Guitar Fest San Miguel
Remember Lovetap composed by GOH (guitar/pedals)
"I miss Mexico… it was that good… this was my first visit since 2018… I will be back!"
「メキシコが恋しい．．．楽しかった．．．最後に訪れたのは2018年でした．．．またいくよ！」
film director: Gyokun
Goh's guitar by George Lowden: Honey Beast
Goh's amp/pedal/battery: Elite Acoustics
Goh's custom cables: Noritoshi Maeda
special thank you to: Teatro Ángela Peralta, Mama Mia, La Hija del Manantial
videos/photos by: Goh Kurosawa, Josue Tacoronte, Al Rabi Arredondo Nova, Rodrigo Nefthalí López Alarcón
GOH KUROSAWA & JOSUE TACORONTE
Guitar Fest San Miguel
力/Chikara composed by GOH
六年ぶりにホスエとの「力」演奏初日。ホスエはすさまじいフラメンコギタリストです。彼の即興レベルとクリエイティブレベルはマジすご。だいぶ前に僕はこの曲作曲しました。日本の美と力を世界に届けたいという思いで、書いた曲．．． 演奏するたびに血が騒ぐ。
力/Chikara means strength. I wrote this song a while ago; Josue and I have performed this a number of times in Mexico and Cuba as a duo and with many other musicians as a trio, a quartet, and beyond. I wrote this song, because I wanted to present the elegantly beautiful strength of Japan to the world, and I feel blessed that Josue loves this song.
This performance was our first in 6 years. This time at Festival Internacional de la Guitarra en San Miguel de Allende 2024.
GOH
Soundcheck at Teatro Angela Peralta for GFSM (in San Miguel de Allende)
GOH KUROSAWA & RODRIGO NEFTALI
Guitar Fest San Miguel
Lovetap composed by GOH
去年日本でhactoの生演奏を聴いてものすごい衝撃を受けました。今年はメキシコでロドリゴ・ネフタリに出会い音楽が再び大好きになりました。初です．．．Lovetap Duo．．．マジだよん！
So last year in Japan, I heard hacto perform live for the first time when we were booked for a show together; perhaps my two absolute favorite singers were Eva Cassidy and Jeff Buckley, but hacto is perhaps my absolute favorite living singer. This year in Mexico, at Guitar Fest San Miguel, I met Rodrigo Neftali, perhaps the most joyful musician ever, and I kinda like to call him kid joy or something like that. He reminded me of what music is all about... just enjoy and play kid joy. This is a first... Lovetap Duo is here!
GOH sings Mi Historia Entre Tus Dedos (by Gianluca Grignani)
Friday night in Zihua
GOH KUROSAWA & JOSUE TACORONTE
Guitar Fest San Miguel (Friday night in SMA)
力/Chikara composed by GOH
《2025》
Jan 7 - 7pm Solarc Brewing (Eagle Rock in Los Angeles / solo show)
My first show in 2025 will be in LA...
Goh live at Solarc Brewing
Tuesday, January 7 from 7:07pm
accepting donations (no cover)
3505 Eagle Rock Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90065
street parking / all ages event
beer and snacks available for purchasing
May 1 - 7pm Haggin Museum (Stockton, CA / solo show)
May 17 Yuki's Hookah Bar (Akita JAPAN with Mikajo)
May 25 Queen presents (Iwaki JAPAN with hacto)
Sep 28 Sounds of the Zoo (Kalamazoo, MI)
>>> booking for 2024/2025 now! 2024/2025のconcert/workshopブッキング中！
《past shows》
MEXICO メキシコ
12/8-16 (events in Morelia & Zihuatanejo)
>>> booking for 2024/2025 now! 2024/2025のconcert/workshopブッキング中！
JAPAN 日本
10/17(木) Osaka 大阪 ESP専門学校 (音楽セミナー校内イベント)
10/18(金) Osaka 河内永和 Bar トリニティー
10/19(土) Osaka 堀江 5th Street (w/ Aki Miyoshi)
10/20(日) Oita 別府 クレオールカフェ (Beppu Tower 1F)
10/23(水) Iki-Island 壱岐 島宿糸&Caféいと
10/25(金) Saga 佐賀 雷神
10/26(土・昼) Fukuoka 小郡 ライフステージ (障害福祉サービス事業 w/ Aki Miyoshi)
10/26(土・夜) Saga 神埼 サム＆プル ライフステージ (障害福祉サービス事業 w/ Aki Miyoshi)
10/27(日) Fukuoka 博多 御縁屋 (w/ Aki Miyoshi)
10/28(月) Fukuoka 黒崎 ストロベリーサワー (w/ Naomiバンド & Aki Miyoshi)
10/29(火) Fukuoka 折尾 ハイサイ食堂 (w/ Aki Miyoshi)
11/1(金) Saitama 北坂戸 ハレ
11/2(土) Tochigi 足利 お好み焼きいろり (with hacto) ーSOLD OUTー
11/3(日) Fukushima 田村 江戸光 (with hacto)
11/4(祝・月) Fukushima いわき Queen (with hacto)
11/7(木) Okayama 岡山 Desperado
11/8(金) Tokushima 徳島 Jiro’sギターBar
11/9(土) Osaka 和泉 Dining Cafe ラーナ (w/ Aki Miyoshi)
11/10(日) Osaka 藤井寺 古民家カフェ楽時屋 (w/ Aki Miyoshi)
11/14(木) Tokyo 八丈島 聡福
US West Coast 米国
Sat March 9 (3-5pm) Somewhere in Altadena (address given out on the day of event)
Goh Solo & Collaborative Performances
For info, click "HERE" and email or call number on flyer below.
5/1 Stanbridge Academy (San Mateo, CA)
5/4 Stockton Concert
5/10 Santa Anita Hot Yoga “Yoga & Music in Los Angeles with Aly (5:30-6:30pm)” (Arcadia, CA)
5/31 ʻOno Kitchen & Bar (Bellingham, WA)
6/1 ʻOno Kitchen & Bar (Bellingham, WA)
6/2 ʻOno Kitchen & Bar (Bellingham, WA)
6/6 Pleasant Beach Village (Bainbridge Island, WA)
6/7 7 Cedars Casino (Sequim, WA)
6/8 House Concert (Port Townsend, WA, for info click "HERE" and email me directly)
7/20 Santa Anita Yoga Center (Goh solo; Los Angeles, CA / 290 Rolyn Place Arcadia, CA 91007)
7/26 Pour House Monrovia (Los Angeles, CA / 405 S Myrtle Ave, Monrovia, CA)
8/16 Santa Anita Yoga Center (Aly&Goh; Los Angeles, CA / 290 Rolyn Place Arcadia, CA 91007)
>>> booking for 2024/2025 now! 2024/2025のconcert/workshopブッキング開始！
MEXICO メキシコ
3/16 Tanta Vida (Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, Mexico)
3/19-3/24 Festival Internacional De La Guitarra (San Miguel de Allende, Meixco)
>>> booking for 2024/2025 now! 2024/2025のconcert/workshopブッキング開始！
ONLINE 配信
Across Waters (online)
Sat March 2 (7-8:30pm pacific time US)
日本日時3/3(日)正午から昼1時半
>>> online event for music plus multi-cultural talks 配信Live＆Talk
US West Coast 米国
1/4 Haggin Museum (Stockton, CA)
1/5 Crazy Horse (Nevada City, CA)
1/7 Smoked Tomato Pie (Yreka, CA)
1/10 Bloomsbury Blends (Ashland, OR)
1/12 Arcata Playhouse (Arcata, CA)
1/25-28 Namm (with Elite Acoustics, Anaheim, CA)
>>> booking for 2024/2025 now! 2024/2025のconcert/workshopブッキング開始！
ONLINE 配信
Across Waters (online)
2023 FIN: Fri Dec 29 (7-8:30pm pacific time US)
二〇二三年ラスト: 日本日時12/30(土)正午から昼1時半
>>> online event for music plus multi-cultural talks 配信Live＆Talk
JAPAN 日本
6/30(金) Chiba 成田 Jazz Bar Cloud9
7/2(日) Fukushima いわき Queen
7/8(土) private event
7/9(日) Gunma 前橋 Drumkan
7/12(水) Saitama 北本市 日暮し (Goh 19:55〜20:40 & Hacto 19:00〜19:45)
7/13(木) Saga 佐賀 雷神
7/14(金) private event (昼の部) & Saga 神埼 サム＆プル (夜の部)
7/15(土) Fukuoka 小倉 Music Cross
11/4(土) Chiba 柏 (13:00~13:50, 興味ある方は”ココ" からメールでご連絡を！)
11/5(日) Fukushima いわき Queen (with Hacto)
11/6(月) Fukushima 相馬 刈敷田南集会所 (with Hacto, 福島県相馬市新沼字刈敷田26-54)
11/17(金) Saitama 北本 日暮し
11/21(火) Osaka 南堀江 5th Street (with Aki Miyoshi)
11/24(金) Oita 大分 カンタループ2
11/25(土) Oita 別府
>>> booking for 2023/2024 now! 2023/2024のconcert/workshopブッキング中！
US West Coast 米国
1/5 Haggin Museum (Stockton, CA)
1/6 Gold Vibe Kombuchary (Grass Valley, CA)
4/29 Eclectic Music Festival (from 4:45-5:45pm @ Old Focals Stage; Los Angeles, CA)
5/20 Stockton Flavor Fest (from noon-12:45pm @ Main Stage; Stockton, CA)
5/22 Ruth Asawa School of the Arts (San Francisco, CA)
5/23 Smoked Tomato Pie (Yreka, CA)
5/25 Double Mountain Brewery (Hood River, OR)
5/26 Solera Brewing (Mount Hood, OR)
5/28 Culture Cafe (Bellingham, WA)
6/2 Finnriver (Chimacum, WA)
6/3 Port Townsend Vineyards Winery (Port Townsend, WA)
6/4 Vintage by Port Townsend Vineyards (Port Townsend, WA)
6/8 Grants Pass Museum of Art (2022 review, Grants Pass, OR)
6/11 Blue Wing Saloon (Upper Lake, CA)
8/5 Collage in San Pedro (Los Angeles, CA, 7:30pm)
8/10 Nano Cafe in Sierra Madre (Los Angeles, CA, 5:30-7:30pm)
8/11 BarrelHouse Brewing SLO (San Luis Obispo, CA, 9-11pm)
10/26 Pour House Monrovia (Los Angeles, CA / 405 S Myrtle Ave, Monrovia, CA)
>>> final show in Cali before 2024!? 二〇二三年カリフォルニア最後のライブ！？
JAPAN 日本
10/14(金) Osaka 梅田 専門学校ESP (workshop/音楽セミナー)
10/15(土) Osaka 堀江 5th Street
10/15(土) Across Waters 配信/online (broadcasting live from JAPAN)
10/22(土) Fukuoka 門司港 関門まちかどジャズ
10/23(日) Fukuoka 黒崎 Strawberry Sour
10/28(金) Kanagawa 鎌倉 Univibe
10/29(土) Saitama 鶴ヶ島 Halle
10/30(日) Gunma 前橋 Drumkan
11/6(日) Fukushima いわき Queen
>>> really hoping to go! ぜひ行きたいと思っています！
US West Coast 米国
10/6 Bloomsbury Blends (Ashland, OR)
10/7 Smoked Tomato Pie (Yreka, CA)
10/8 JCA World Music Festival (Mount Shasta, CA)
10/9 JCA World Music Festival (Mount Shasta, CA) (workshop/音楽セミナー)
>>> third west coast tour for 2022! 2022年3回目の米国西海岸ツアー決定！
US West Coast 米国
8/6 House Concert (Santa Cruz, CA)
8/11 Grants Pass Museum of Art (Grants Pass, OR)
8/13 Port Townsend Vineyards (Port Townsend, WA)
8/17 Culture Cafe (Bellingham, WA)
8/20 Double Mountain Brewery (Hood River, OR)
8/22 Solera Brewery (Mount Hood, OR)
8/27 Smoked Tomato Pie (Yreka, CA)
>>> second west coast tour for 2022! 2022年2回目の米国西海岸ツアー決定！
Oregon/Cali/Nevada
Sat 3/19 Crazy Horse Saloon (Nevada City, CA)
Sun 3/20 Peavine Taphouse (Reno, NV)
Wed 3/23 Smoked Tomato Pie (Yreka, CA)
Fri 3/25 Mary’s Book Release Event @ Paschal Winery (Talent, OR)
Sat 3/26 House Concert (Ashland, OR)
>>> I am going! 行くよ！
Shows (GK B-Day Week)
1. Across Waters (virtual)
Wed Nov 24 & Sat Nov 27 (7pm in Los Angeles)
11/25木曜日 & 11/28日曜日 (正午 in Japan)
www.composelife.com/brokentour
>>> SOLD OUT
2. Concert (in person)
Sun Nov 28 (2:00-3:00pm)
venue: somewhere in Los Angeles
>>> SOLD OUT
GOH live in PNW
Sun 11/21 5pm @ JUXT Taphouse
accepting donations (free admission)
119 W Holly Street Bellingham, WA 98225
www.composelife.com/diary/112121show (press release)
GK at JCA World Music Fest
click “HERE” for photos from 2022
photo: Goryo Kuwano, Paul Guenette, Sue Morris
video: Gyokun
”Move to improve... and continue with quality."
「動け育て．．．そしてクオリティーと共に続け。」
One goal I have been keeping since pandemic 2020: visit a new somewhere (for more than two nights when touring) with or without an officially booked show at that somewhere. In November 2023, I made my first trip to Hachijo-island in Japan for 4 nights, and this January 2024, I made my debut stay in Arcata for 3 nights, and went for a walk in the redwoods (Sequoioideae) guided by Brad Nissen, a creative wildlife biologist. There seems to be lots of redwoods in California, however all that is left today is fundamentally 4% of what once was. When it was snowing, I composed a song in the home and presence of Joe Thompson, a radical musician/composer/guitarist... during this tour, my car got stuck in the snow in Mount Shasta, but Sequoia's family there helped me... little did I know that I would be arriving at the redwoods of Lady Bird with my just written song which I gave the title "Letter to Sequoia" aka Shasta物語 (シャスタ Monogatari/Story). Recently, Sandro Norton (musician from Portugal) said to me to "continue with quality" and it has been raining a lot again in sunny LA.
パンデミック2020以来キープしてきた一つの希望：ツアー時新しいどこかを訪れる、もしそのどこかで正式な演奏が決まっていなくても（できれば3泊以上）。2023年11月には初の八丈島（4泊）、今年2024年1月には初のアルカタ（3泊）。アルカタにいる間にブラッド・ニッセン（生物学者）に案内されてセコイア（redwoods）の森を訪れました。カリフォルニア州にはたくさんのセコイアがありますが、実は現在の木々の基本的な量は、最も繁殖していた時の量の4%と言われています。今回はジョー・トンプソン（ミュージシャン/作曲家/ギタリスト）を訪れている間、雪の降る中で新曲が生まれました．．．このツアーの間、車がマウントシャスタの雪の中で動けなくなりましたが、与えられた名前がセコイアという8歳の女の子の家族が僕を助けました．．．アルカタに着いてレディバードのセコイア森を新曲、「セコイアへの手紙」と共に訪れたのは必然的な自然、自然的な必然。ここ最近サンドロ・ノートン（ポルトガル在住ミュージシャン）から「クオリティーと共に継続」と言われてから、晴れの日が多いここロサンゼルスでたくさんの雨再び。
Photos by Sahin Omer, Brad Nissen, Drew Alkema, and GK
Shasta物語 (Letter to Sequoia)
Dear Sequoia, mother Mary and angel John
We are a part of the song, mmm
Dear Sequoia, keep well always rise and shine
You are a part of the song
My car got stuck in the snow, but John drove me to my show with Rosie and Ringo
He said, "I'll return, stay another night, you're welcome at our home at any time"
Performing at the Smoked Tomato Pie, I saw that John was back with you and Mary
She said, "We got your car here"
I cried, I smiled, I was right back on the road to 'Lovetap' more
Dear Sequoia, life maybe hard at times
So sing your favorite songs, mmm
Dream eunoia, a winter wonderland in Mount Shasta
And they said, upgrade your broken ride before too long (silly guy)
I drove from Stockton to Crazy Horse
Headwaters in the snow
Yreka to Ashland Oregon
Hanging with Grant, Charli, and Joe
Live at Bloomsbury Blends
Talent, Grants Pass, what could be next
All is well, because of people like John and Mary, I believe
Dear Sequoia, I maybe stuck in the snow again
'Cause I am a part of the song, mmm
Dear Sequoia, and mother Mary, angel John
We are a part of the song
We are a part of the song
We are a part of the song
mmm
mmm
>>>
New song (birthday: 1/10/2024), snow born!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdMgnaB2OLk
“Probably the most important thing to do is to be yourself.” -Sanath
「たぶん最も大事なことは自分であるということ。」 -サナス
皆さんハピクリメリクリ、お元気ですか !?
Happy holidays friends, how are you!?
ロサンゼルス空港に着き、帰りのバスの中で隣に座った新しい友達に尋ねました。「インド人がここ一番カレー好きなはずがないですよね!?」しかし超大好きということです。彼曰く、ここ一番カレーはもともとイギリスカレーを日本風にしたカレーらしいですが、イギリスカレーは簡単に断定すると水で薄められたインドカレーということです... 輪。
After landing at LAX, I caught the Flyaway bus and asked my new friend who sat next to me. "It can't be true that people from India love 'Koko-Ichiban-Curry' in Japan!?" Apparently it is incredibly popular. He mentioned to me that KIC is a Japanese take on British curry; British curry is fundamentally watered-down Indian curry... so a full circle.
僕の迎えの車が見え、彼は僕の荷物を彼女の車に乗せるのをパパっと手伝っている間、彼が数分前僕に伝えた内容を改めて試行錯誤していました...「たぶん最も大事なことは自分であるということ。」彼の名前はサナスさんで、インド出身の父と母を持ち、日本とアメリカを中心に生活している自然大好きな人です。こうに僕は理解しています。
My ride arrived, and while he helped put my luggage in her car, I was contemplating the thought he sent to my way moments ago... “Probably the most important thing to do is to be yourself.” His name is Sanath; son of parents from India, who lives extensively in Japan and the US, and loves nature. This is how I remember.
2023年11月の日本の旅は、今年カリフォルニアで最後のライブを終了した後に始まりました。今回の旅のテーマは、「信じきる」でした。
Japan tour November 2023 started right after my final show in Cali for the year. "Simply Believe Through" was my theme.
意外に簡単なのでしょうか!?
Could it be that easy!?
知人なし予定なしで始まった八丈島の4泊5日はライブと人と自然に恵まれました。2018年以来行っていなかった大分は徹さんのお蔭で男池と大分の大自然に触れるなか、海の幸と山の幸を味わいながら、二人で立ち寄ったお店ほとんどでギターをもちこみ、みんな巻き込んでライブの渦になりました。
I went to Hachijo Island of Tokyo without any friends or shows there, but was gifted with 4 nights and 5 days of live gigs, people, and nature. In Oita (last visited 2018), Toru took me to Oika Park and other nature spots, enjoyed ocean food and mountain food, and love-tapped my guitar at nearly every venue we walked in to.
お陰様で2023年も恵まれ、僕自身また進化できたと思います。2024年もよろしくお願いします、いつもありがとうございます!
Thank you to you all; 2023 blessed me, and I feel that I have moved and improved. Let us all welcome a fantastic 2024, thank you always!
夢に触れましょう今のひと時に。
Let us touch our dreams for this moment.
「信じられなくて、
途方をに暮れても、
諦めるわけにいかない、
落ちていく夕日に誓った。」―Aki Hacto
「 おさえない、
かまえない、
我を忘れない。」―Adam Levy
"I made a promise with the setting sun; spread the wings of my heart and fly beyond the twilight, no matter what." ―Aki Hacto
"Don't hold back." —Adam Levy
photo: Sue Morris
GOH KUROSAWA
LOVETAP TOUR 2023 California/カリフォルニア
Eclectic Music Festival (The Eclectic)
Lovetap composed by GOH (guitar/pedals)
"This was my first appearance at South Pasadena's Eclectic Music Festival in Los Angeles county. Thank you to the people: the audience, the supporters, all music lovers, my family my friends, and to all the folks who gathered by the Old Focals Stage where I performed. It was a lovely day, a sunny one here in LA!"
「カリフォルニア州ロサンゼルス郡に位置する小さな市、サウス・パサデナ、ここのEclectic Music Festivalでの初ライブ。ありがとうございました皆様：お客さん、サポーターのみなさん、音楽大好きな人すべて、僕の家族僕の友達、そして僕が演奏させていただいた Old Focals ステージに集まった方々。晴れ晴れしたロスの素敵な一日でした！」
film director: Gyokun
Goh's guitar by George Lowden: Honey Beast
Goh's amp by Elite Acoustics: Lucky8
Goh's custom cables: Noritoshi Maeda
venue/会場: Old Focals Stage at Eclectic Music Festival
special thank you to: Brad Colerick & Eclectic Music Festival
videos/photos by: Sue Morris, Lisa Stacilauskas, Anthony Kostowny, Brooke Simpson, Vicki Thompson, Brent Leonard, Lindsey Loon, Shaverd Yan Photography
Lovetap (click for previously released video with world tour digital diary 2020)
www.composelife.com/brokentour (Across Waters page/ページ)
