Keita Ogawa - percussion Yasushi Nakamura - upright bass Jonathan Powell - trumpet, flugelhorn Lucas Pino - tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, clarinet Remy Le Boeuf - flute, alto saxophone
Henry Wang - 1st violin Mari Lee - 2nd violin Cong Wu - viola Sam DeCaprio - cello
Dave Darlington - engineering at Bass Hit Recording Todd Carder - engineering at The Bunker Studio Charles Mueller - engineering at Oktaven Audio Akihiro Nishimura - mixing
Four years ago when I toured in California, the sun, forest, ocean, and stars inspired me, and that summer I finished writing new three pieces that have become the core songs of this album. I named one of them Sól, which means the sun, or a goddess that personifies the sun.
This came to a full circle last summer when I took a trip to Anza Borrego, in San Diego, to have a photo shoot for the album.
I had never seen that many stars, a clear milky way, and so many shooting stars over the night. I had never been anywhere that was as quiet as this desert. You can feel the sun from all directions, and it was so powerful and peaceful.
The music brought me to this trip and I named this album Solúna.
I hope this album reaches out to a lot of people all over the world and gives you a little something. And I’m excited about where this music can take me next.
Lastly, I would like to thank all the people who made this album great. Thank you all.
musicians: Keita Ogawa Moto Fukushima John Ellis Michael Rodriguez Ryan Keberle Itai Kriss Remy Le Boeuf Sarah Elizabeth Charles Takafumi Nikaido
engineers: Dave Darlington Ryan Streber Todd Carder
The second single “Sól” from my upcoming album Solúna is out now! You can listen to it here. Please check out the new video as well. I hope you enjoy it!
The album is coming out worldwide on June 2nd. Stay tuned for more news!
Michael Rodriguez - trumpet John Ellis - tenor saxophone Ryan Keberle - trombone Itai Kriss - flute
Sarah Elizabeth Charles - vocals Takafumi Nikaido - shekere, congas
Recorded by Ryan Streber at Oktaven Audio Assistant engineer Edwin Huet Recorded by Todd Carder at The Bunker Studio Recorded by David Darlington at Bass Hit Recording
Mixed & mastered by David Darlington at Bass Hit Recording
Happy to announce that I will be back at Cotton Club on September 12th with my 8 piece band! It's going to be my album release show for Japan. I'm working on the US/world release but I will keep you posted..! See you soon Japan!
I'm excited that Hōkago will be back at Rockwood Music Hall on Wednesday, March 30! 1 show at 7pm, Stage 3. Get your tickets here. We hope to see you there!
Happy New Year! My new single “Departure (Solo Piano ver.)" has been released! You can listen to it on your favorite streaming services. Please check it out! Wishing everybody a wonderful year.
I’ll be on local TV show Salasala Salad tomorrow Broadcasting in Aichi, Mie, Gifu, Shizuoka, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui. See you on TV tomorrow December1st at 11:30am!
I’m excited to play a show with Hōkago at Rockwood Music Hall this Monday, October 18th!!! Finally all four of us are playing live! Please don’t miss it!! 1 set at 9:30pm, Stage 3. We hope to see you there! Get your tickets here.
来週月曜10/18ついに全員揃ったホーカゴのライブがあります🔥🔥 Rockwood Music Hall Stage 3にて。お見逃しなく!!!