Kazuhiro Inaba

Popular Japanese bluegrass artist Kazuhiro Inaba has announced plans to perform a number of shows this fall in the eastern United States. He is traveling by himself, and will appear with a number of different US pickers at these various

Milkpan from Kobe University at KazCamp 2024 - photo courtesy of Kaz Inaba Kazuhiro Inaba, one of Japan's premier bluegrass entertainers, has shared a report from his 2024 Bluegrass Camp, held each year in Osaka. He calls it a camp, but

Earlier this month we mentioned the 10th annual Kazuhiro Inaba Bluegrass Camp (aka KazCamp 2023), which took place on May 6.  Kazuhiro Inaba, who organizes these festivals has now shared some pictures – some still and some moving – capturing some

Japan has been a bluegrass music hot-bed for more than 50 years, and one of the principal practitioners and proponents during that time has been Kazuhiro Inaba.  Continuing his studious promotion of the music that he loves, Inaba will present the

Many thanks to Kaz Inaba in Japan for sharing this historic video of Bill Clifton when he visited Japan in 1993, and performed at the Takarazuka Spring Bluegrass Festival. The festival has been hosted since 1972 by Saburo and Toshio Watanabe,

As unlikely as it might have once seemed, the Japanese have always had a fascination with American music. Their preference for jazz was evident immediately after the end of the Second World War, and with the advent of the '50s

The tributes to Ralph Stanley this past week have been both numerous and poignant, demonstrating how deeply his music and his kindness have touched others over a 70 year career. One that we just received shows that it wasn't just in his

Kaz Inaba sent along this brief report with photos from his annual KazCamp, a premiere annual event for bluegrass fans in Japan. I'd like to report that the 5th annual Kazuhiro Inaba Bluegrass Camp (KazCamp) was held successfully in Minoh, Osaka on

Kaz Inaba sent along this batch of photos from his 3rd annual Kazuhiro Inaba Bluegrass Camp, hosted in the Japanese town of Mino, Osaka on May 17. From the name, you might think this was an instructional event, but it's actually a

The passion that many Japanese people have for bluegrass and country music was a shocker for filmmaker James Payne when he first experienced it in 2007. He was traveling with US Americana act Horseshoe Road for a live concert video, and was amazed