Hi Folks today we finally have for you part 2 of our track by track Review of a simple refrain we are trying our best to keep to a reasonable schedule and give people a interesting and informative take on the tracks in this great album. GK2 Epilogue Rudy: Ah, the final scene of […]

Hi Folks as a long time Michael Jackson fan and someone who thinks protecting and loving our planet and all living things is important I take great pride in passing this information forward from  our friends at MJVIBE  The MJ Living Legacy Project  “I respect the secrets and magic of nature. That’s why it makes […]

Hi there folks, today we have the long awaited full track-by-track review of Robert Holmes and Roger Hooper’s magical collaboration that is indeed a refrain, but anything but simple. Since this review is quite extensive and in-depth, Rudy from Sierra Chest will help out and he will be discussing the “Sierra” tracks on the album. […]

Today I am going to write about something very special a little gem that everyone   should know about and that is A Simple Refrain by composer Robert Holmes this is  the first of a multi-post series in which I will review each track I grew up playing classic sierra titles including the Gabriel Knight Series which […]

Hikaru‘s successful Hatsukoi will be getting the vinyl treatment this November, in very limited numbered quantities. The album , which spent 7 weeks in the Oricon Top 10 marks her first album to get a wax pressing since 2002’s DEEP RIVER. It will be a heavy 2 LP pressing with a booklet, and each of […]

NHK’s Hikaru Utada behind the scenes documentary, “Professional Shigoto no Ryūgi” takes a deep personal look into Hikaru’s life and creative processes which is uncommon for somone so private it takes a lot of strength to be so open and unfiltered  

Hikaru Utada brings  us her seventh album with 12 songs, including “Ozora de Dakishimete,” “Forevermore,” and “Anata” (main theme for movie “DESTINY Kamakura Monogatari”). a release date of  June 27, 2018 Pre order from our CDJapan Affiliate  link below   Hatsukoi Hikaru Utada Catalog No.ESCL-5076 JAN/ISBN4547366356663 Tracklisting 01. Play A Love Song　(Suntory Minami-Alps Sparkling CM […]

  Hikaru is the star of a brand new CM for Suntory, promoting their drink “SWITCH&SPARKLING”. Her latest song Play A Love Song is featured in the CM. Utada does the lyrics and and the full  composition. It will be released digitally in Japan on April 25th.The drinks themselves will also be available on store shelves […]

  Hikaru and husband Francesco Calianno have divorce this report comes after nearly 4 years of marriage and having a child together On February 3, 2014, through an announcement on her personal site, Hikaru said that she was engaged to be wed, asking for her fans and the media to view her personal life from a “respectable distance” […]

It  brings us great sadness to write that Isao Takahata, Studio Ghibli co-founder has passed from this world to the yesterday after a short battle with lung cancer Isao Takahata was born on October 29, 1935 in Ise, Mie, Japan. He was a director and writer, known for Grave of the Fireflies (1988), The Tale of […]