120,000 Stories, by Nobuko Miyamoto

120,000 Stories

by Nobuko Miyamoto

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kageki Yui Yo is the Bon Odori song from Karate Kid 2 ! ! The only thing missing is the clapping of the dancing crowd.

All of these songs are great. Favorite track: Yuiyo Bon Odori.

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1.	We Are the Children 04:18	buy track
2.	Not Yo' Butterfly 04:20	buy track
3.	Gaman 06:28	buy track
4.	Tampopo (Dandelion) 06:11	buy track
5.	Somos Asiáticos 05:28	buy track
6.	Ichigo Ichie 04:35	buy track
7.	What Is the Color of Love? 07:29	buy track
8.	120,000 Stories 05:05	buy track
9.	Meditation on a Lotus 08:33	buy track
10.	Black Lives Matter 06:02	buy track
11.	What Time Is It on the Clock of the World? 03:52	buy track
12.	To All Relations / Tala‘a 'l-badru ‘alaynā 03:06	buy track
13.	Yellow Pearl 03:04	buy track
14.	Free the Land 03:38	buy track
15.	West to East 05:06	buy track
16.	Beckoning 03:33	buy track
17.	American Made 05:13	buy track
18.	English Lesson 06:23	buy track
19.	Pilipino Tango 07:26	buy track
20.	To All Relations (Mitakuye Oyasin) 06:27	buy track
21.	Fortunata 06:33	buy track
22.	Yuiyo Bon Odori 03:51	buy track
23.	Mottainai 03:40	buy track
24.	Cycles of Change 04:30	buy track
25.	Bam Butsu, No Tsunagari (10,000 Things, All Connected) 06:29	buy track

about

Nobuko Miyamoto is an icon of Asian American music and activism. Since the early 1970s, she has been exploring ways to reclaim and respirit our minds, bodies, histories, and communities, using the arts to create social change and forge solidarity. 120,000 Stories collects powerful new songs, reinterpretations of old ones, and recordings from across her career, including from the seminal 1973 album A Grain of Sand and the band Warriors of the Rainbow. These songs speak to past and present struggles—for self-determination, Black Lives, the environment. They chronicle difficult histories, they celebrate resilient traditions, and most of all, they endeavor to connect communities.

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released January 29, 2021

Produced by Derek Nakamoto & Quetzal Flores

Disc 1: recorded, mixed, and mastered in 2020 by Chris Sorem at The Nest Studio, Los Angeles, CA. Additional recording: Tropico Union, Los Angeles, CA, and Stagg Street Studio, Van Nuys, CA, by Glenn Suravech; NMG Studio, Gardena, CA; Artivist Entertainment Studios, Los Angeles, CA; and Bright Music Studios, Castle Rock, CO
Additional mastering by Ruairi O’Flaherty for Echo Mastering

Disc 2: tracks 1 & 2 recorded in 1973 by Jonathan Thayer at A-1 Sound in New York, NY; tracks 3 & 4 recorded in 1977 by David Hines at Cherokee Studios in Hollywood, CA; track 5 recorded in 1983 by Craig Burbidge at Nakamoto Music Group, Inc. in Los Angeles, CA; tracks 6 & 7 recorded in 1983 by Craig Burbidge and Derek Nakamoto at Spindle Top Studio, Los Angeles, CA; tracks 8 & 9 recorded in 1997 by Derek Nakamoto at Bindu Studio, Santa Monica, CA; track 10 recorded in 1984 by Glen Nishida at Pacifica Recording Studios in Los Angeles, CA; track 11 FandangObon 2015: (L to R) Adriana Delfin, Columba B. Maldonado, E. M. Abdulmumin, Nobuko Miyamoto, and Martha González. Photo by Mike Muraserecorded in 2011 by Derek Nakamoto and Glenn Suravech at Suburban Soul in Torrance, CA, NMG Studio in Los Angeles, CA, and Konscious Studio in Santa Monica, CA; tracks 12 & 13 recorded in 2012 and 2013, respectively, by Quetzal Flores at Artivist Entertainment Studios in Los Angeles, CA.

Additional mastering by Denny Fongheiser for Sonic Bliss Productions
Annotated by Nobuko Miyamoto
Album cover photographs by Michael Becker
Gerald Albright appears courtesy of Bright Music Records
Smithsonian Folkways executive producers: Huib Schippers and John Smith
Production managers: Sojin Kim, Logan Clark, and Mary Monseur
Editorial assistance by Carla Borden
Art direction, design, and layout by Visual Dialogue

Thank you!

This project came into being under the guidance of two superb musicians and beautiful human beings: producers Derek Nakamoto and Quetzal Flores, who gave me the loving support to create this, my first solo album in 20 years. A special thanks for the time and care that Derek put into the arrangements to take these songs beyond my living room piano to share with you. It was a joy for this ol’ gal to step into the recording studio with such brilliant musicians, my homegirl singers, and guest artists who so generously shared their magic to bring these songs into their fullness. My gratitude also goes to Sojin Kim and Deborah Wong, two selfless genies who, behind the scenes, caringly nudged this project into fruition. I would like to acknowledge Barbara Dane of Paredon Records, who recognized early the importance of Asian Americans having our own song. Recording the album A Grain of Sand preserved our music as part of our collective memory. Collaborations with artists like Dan Kwong and others in my Great Leap family and beyond have kept more songs coming. Being a “community artist” has given me the privilege of working with many communities of color and their struggles—students, immigrants, environmentalists, gardeners—expanding my world, my work, my songs. I’m grateful to the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center, who gives us space to grow projects like FandangObon, bringing together Latinx, Black, and Muslim communities, opening endless possibilities. Mentors Yuri Kochiyama, Grace Lee Boggs, and Rev. Mas Kodani continue to be inspirations in my work. And finally, to my own family, my husband / partner / teacher Tarabu, my son Kamau and his wife Malika, and my four grandchildren. I sing for you.

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