ITANI - Weekend Workshops And Live Shows Announced For Tokyo
September 13, 2014, 10 years ago
Japanese rock fusion guitarist Nozomi Itani has announced weekend workshop and live dates for Tokyo, Japan between October and December. His schedule is as follows:
October
31 - Live House Welcome Back - Tokyo, Japan (Halloween show - 7:30pm start)
November
27 - Live House Terra - Tokyo, Japan (7:30pm start)
December
19 - Live House Welcome Back - Tokyo, Japan (Christmas show - 7:30pm start)
For information on the workshops go to this location.
Itani released a new album, Station To Station, in late 2012. Featured guests on the album include Madmen & Sinners guitarist/founder Tim Donahue on fretless guitar, and thrashers United guitarist Singo Otani on 7-string. Donahue plays on the Station To Station tracks "Leather Jacket" and "Critical Limit". Check out audio samples of all tracks via the widgets at the bottom of the page.
Station To Station is also available via CDBaby.com here.
Itani spoke with BraveWords scribe Carl Begai about Donahue's involvement on the record:
"Several years ago, I met Tim during a jam session. Tim and I are in the same age, and we have much in common. We are good friends for a long time now. We did few duo gigs in Japan with my guitar and his self-produced electric harp guitar. When I started to work for my new album Station To Station, I asked him to join my record with his fretless guitar. Although he rarely plays his fretless guitar in the past years, he agreed to rock again for my record. His performance on my album is outstanding and brilliant. I'm proud to have him on my record."Check out the complete interview here.
Itani and Donahue teamed up for a live show on January 25th in Tokyo, Japan at Live House Welcome Back. Donahue hit the stage with Itani on fretless electric guitar for the track 'Critical Limit' during the set; fan-filmed video is available below: