Sunday, December 16, 2007

SF Taiko Dojo in Taiwan, '05

Great to grade by.

3 comments:

John B. said...

That was fun to watch.

I have a CD by Kodo ("heartbeat" in Japanese), a Japanese drumming and folk-arts troupe that performs with taikos. The info in the CD booklet is too long to recount here, but Kodo at least began its existence as a communal group in the early '70s, living in isolation on the island of Sado, absorbing the old ways of doing things. Art as discipline, as extending a tradition rather than breaking with it.

We're in the home stretch. Then a long winter's nap.

dejavaboom said...

I have seen two taiko drum groups, one a bit funky like this, one very traditional. I'd like to see Kodo-I have a ripped CD of them and really like it!

PS: JB, How does one get comments to "show" from the front screen? Like your blog?

John B. said...

PS: JB, How does one get comments to "show" from the front screen? Like your blog?

If you're referring to the "Recent Comments" section on my blog, it's a little plug-in widget. here is the link, in case it's what you mean and you're curious.