Fauta

Ska Lovers

2010-11-04T17:41:00.000-10:00

Album: Lovers Ska ~Song for You~

Released: 2009
Total Tracks: 10
Genre: J-Pop

Site update

2010-03-26T22:34:00.000-10:00

Just wanted to drop in to say that we're still alive and well. We're coming across artists that we're really interested in but sadly, those artists (e.g. Parsha Club) are only available via iTunes Japan. Hoping that one day record labels will make their content available to all but I digress. Look forward to new links in the days ahead.

Ryukyu Underground

2009-09-03T14:50:00.001-10:00

Album: Ryukyu Underground ¹

Released: 2002
Total Tracks: 10
Genre: Electronic/Electronica

Album: Hana - EP

Released: 2003
Total Tracks: 4
Genre: World

Album: Mo Ashibi

Released: 2003
Total Tracks: 9
Genre: World

Album: Okinawa Lounge (Relaxing Club Music of Okinawa-Island) - EP

Released: 2004
Total Tracks: 4
Genre: World

Album: Ryukyu Remixed

Released: 2004
Total Tracks: 19
Genre: World

Album: Kogane No Hana - EP

Released: 2006
Total Tracks: 3
Genre: World

Album: Shimadelica

Released: 2006
Total Tracks: 9
Genre: World

Album: Seragaki

Released: 2006
Total Tracks: 3
Genre: Electronic

Album: Umui

Released: 2009
Total Tracks: 10
Genre: World

¹ There are three listings of this album on iTunes. All are the same exact albums with the only difference being the record label each was released under (oh, and that iTunes had to, I assume, label one as "Electronic," the other as "Electronica," and the third one as "World" to further differentiate the three). There are two albums released in Mar 27, 2002 (both located in different parts of the store) and one is from RESPECT RECORD Ltd. and the other is from Respect Records / Far Side Music. The album released on Jun 24, 2002 is from Riverboat Records/World Music Network. ↩

Ryukyu Underground (Official Web site)

Rinken Teruya

2009-08-31T19:40:00.001-10:00

Album: Pause

Released: 2008
Total Tracks: 11
Genre: World

Album: Pause 2

Released: 2009
Total Tracks: 10
Genre: World

Rinken Band (Wikipedia)

Tomoko Uehara

2009-08-30T20:21:00.001-10:00

Album: Kunachi

Released: 2000
Total Tracks: 12
Genre: World

Album: Ajima No Uta (Original Soundtrack)

Released: 2003
Total Tracks: 13
Genre: World

Album: Umachi

Released: 2004
Total Tracks: 11
Genre: World

Album: Takouyama

Released: 2008
Total Tracks: 11
Genre: World

Rinken Band (Wikipedia)

Rinken Band

2009-08-26T20:30:00.001-10:00

Album: Orinasu Hibi

Released: 2001
Total Tracks: 12
Genre: World

Album: Shimajyu Shichigwachi

Released: 2002
Total Tracks: 14
Genre: World

Album: Arigatou

Released: 2002 (Originally released in 1987)
Total Tracks: 12
Genre: World

Album: Nankuru

Released: 2002 (Originally released in 1990)
Total Tracks: 12
Genre: World

Album: Eisa

Released: 2003
Total Tracks: 11
Genre: World

Rinken Band (Wikipedia)

Mihanagumi

2009-08-26T20:21:00.001-10:00

Album: Tasukete Tamore

Released: 2007
Total Tracks: 9
Genre: World

Siori

2009-08-25T19:12:00.001-10:00

Album: Smile（沖縄限定バージョン）- Single

Released: 2006
Total Tracks: 2
Genre: J-Pop

Ayako Miyara

2009-08-25T19:10:00.001-10:00

Album: Irodolco

Released: 2006
Total Tracks: 7
Genre: J-Pop

Album: Sora Tobu Kuruma - EP

Released: 2007
Total Tracks: 4
Genre: J-Pop

MAX - Albums

2009-08-24T20:41:00.001-10:00

Album: Maximum

Released: 1996
Total Tracks: 13
Genre: J-Pop

Album: Emotional History

Released: 2001
Total Tracks: 13
Genre: J-Pop

Album: Jewel of Jewels (Partial Album) ¹

Released: 2006
Total Tracks: 12
Genre: J-Pop

Album: New Edition ~ Maximum Hits ~ (Partial Album) ²

Released: 2008
Total Tracks: 12
Genre: J-Pop

MAX (Wikipedia)

¹ Original album has 15 tracks. Missing from the iTunes version are Track 1 "The Beginning of Jewel of Jewels," Track 6 "Aqua," and Track 15 "The Closing of Jewel of Jewels." ↩

² Original album has 13 tracks. Missing from the iTunes version is Track 13 "Are You Ready?" ↩

Hiro (SPEED)

2009-08-24T20:20:00.001-10:00

Album: Confession - Single

Released: 2001
Total Tracks: 1
Genre: J-Pop

Beni Arashiro - Albums

2009-08-23T11:47:00.001-10:00

Album: Beni (Partial Album) ¹

Released: 2005
Total Tracks: 12
Genre: J-Pop

Album: Gem

Released: 2007
Total Tracks: 11
Genre: J-Pop

¹ Original albums has 13 tracks. Missing from the iTunes version is Track 7 "Oh, Happy Day." ↩

Beni Arashiro (Wikipedia)

Shoukichi Kina

2009-08-22T20:33:00.001-10:00

Album: Asia Classics 2: Peppermint Teahouse

Released: 1994
Total Tracks: 14
Genre: World

Setting up a custom domain

2009-08-21T21:44:00.001-10:00

I'm setting up a custom domain for this blog and I'm hoping to have it up in a day or two. You'll soon be able to find us with the domain name: fauta.net.

Namie Amuro - Albums

2009-08-21T20:42:00.005-10:00

Album: Sweet 19 Blues

Released: 1996
Total Tracks: 19
Genre: J-Pop

Album: Concentration 20

Released: 1997
Total Tracks: 12
Genre: J-Pop

Album: 181920 (Partial Album) ¹

Released: 1998
Total Tracks: 9
Genre: J-Pop

Album: Break the Rules (Partial Album) ²

Released: 2000
Total Tracks: 13
Genre: J-Pop

Album: Style (Partial Album) ³

Released: 2003
Total Tracks: 7
Genre: J-Pop

Album: Queen of Hip-Pop (Partial Album) ⁴

Released: 2005
Total Tracks: 11
Genre: J-Pop

Album: Play

Released: 2007
Total Tracks: 12
Genre: J-Pop

¹ Original album has 12 tracks. Missing from the iTunes version is Track 2 "Try Me ~ Watashi o Shinjite," Track 4 "Taiyou no Season," and Track 9 "Stop the Music." ↩

² Original album has 14 tracks. Missing from the iTunes version is Track 1 "Rule 8AM, a 30-second instrumental. So, yeah, you may not be missing anything by buying this version. ↩

³ Original album has 15 tracks. The iTunes version has 7 so it can hardly be called the same album and it's quite a shame as it's a really good album — i.e. in its entirety. ↩

⁴ Original album has 12 tracks. Missing from the iTunes version is Track 9 "I Love You." ↩

Namie Amuro (Wikipedia)

Sonda Seinenkai

2009-08-21T20:20:00.001-10:00

Album: Sonda Eisa

Released: 1999
Total Tracks: 11
Genre: Japan

Hitomi Takara

2009-08-21T00:44:00.002-10:00

Album: Kanai: The Complete Works for Piano

Released: 2006
Total Tracks: 9
Genre: Classical

Toru Yonaha

2009-08-21T00:30:00.002-10:00

Album: YonahaToru Presents Kachashi a Go-Go ¹

Released: 2004
Total Tracks: 11
Genre: World

Album: Yonaha Toru Presents: Uchina Warabeuta ²

Released: 2005
Total Tracks: 13
Genre: World

Album: Yonaha Toru presents Eisa DE Surisasa (Partial Album) ³

Released: 2006
Total Tracks: 24
Genre: World

¹ This album is more of a collaborative effort of Tooru Yonaha and friends but he can still be heard solo on the tracks "Hariyamaku" [sic] (#6), "Uchina-Sanba" (#8) and "Ashibiamaka" (#10). ↩

² The main artists on this "presents" album are Mika Uchizato, Natsuki Nakamura and Ayano Uema. Tooru Yonaha wears his producer's hat for this record but can be heard singing backup on a couple of the tracks. ↩

³ Listed as a partial album, the original CD has a total of 26 tracks. Missing are the versions of "Ugwansu" and "Hiyarugahei" performed by the Jaagaru Eisaa jiutee (backup musicians). Tooru Yonaha can be heard performing as part of the Eguchi Seinen Kai's jiutee. ↩

Yamato Tokuhara

2009-08-20T22:28:00.002-10:00

Album: Shoki No Yamato Tokuhara Amami Shimauta Kessakusen 1 - EP

Released: 2009
Total Tracks: 5
Genre: World

Hirokazu Matsuda

2009-08-20T22:25:00.002-10:00

Album: Sanshin Zanmai

Released: 2007
Total Tracks: 14
Genre: World

Seijin Noborikawa

2009-08-20T22:24:00.002-10:00

Album: Spiritual Unity

Released: 2001
Total Tracks: 16
Genre: Singer/Songwriter

Album: Stand!

Released: 2002
Total Tracks: 12
Genre: World

Album: Suikojizai

Released: 2008
Total Tracks: 14
Genre: World

Hajime Nakasone

2009-08-20T22:15:00.003-10:00

Album: Atchame Gwa

Released: 2000
Total Tracks: 13
Genre: Japan

Shinobu Maki

2009-08-20T22:14:00.003-10:00

Album: Usukajinu Shima - Feel a Wave & Wind In Okinawa, Taketomi

Released: 2007
Total Tracks: 8
Genre: New Age

Minoru Kinjo

2009-08-20T22:03:00.003-10:00

Album: Renzoku Kacharsee 2005

Released: 2005
Total Tracks: 3
Genre: World

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2009-08-20T21:56:00.001-10:00

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Takashi Hirayasu

2009-08-20T21:32:00.002-10:00

Album: Kariyushi No Tsuki

Released: 1997
Total Tracks: 11
Genre: World

Album: Jin Jin / Firefly (with Bob Brozman)

Released: 2000
Total Tracks: 12
Genre: World

Album: Nankuru Naisa (with Bob Brozman)

Released: 2001
Total Tracks: 9
Genre: World

Album: Utoashibi - Okinawa Best Acoustic Selection (with Chuei Yoshikawa)

Released: 2001
Total Tracks: 12
Genre: World

Yoriko Ganeko

2009-08-20T21:09:00.004-10:00

Album: Utaaashibi II (with Chuei Yoshikawa)

Released: 2004
Total Tracks: 12
Genre: World

Sadao China

2009-08-20T21:07:00.004-10:00

Album: Utamaai

Released: 2005
Total Tracks: 13
Genre: World

Isamu Asato

2009-08-20T21:02:00.007-10:00

Album: Fuyuh Mayah - EP

Released: 2001
Total Tracks: 3
Genre: World

Our first post!

2009-08-20T20:56:00.010-10:00

The Fauta blog was created to help those looking to purchase Okinawan music, an easy, clickable way to find what they're looking for. Artists will be categorized by genre, called "Labels" here, and we'll try to have a profile of the artist or at the very least, a link to a Wikipedia article for the artist.

The format we'll use is the artist's name for the title of each post and for the body of the post we'll include (as listed in the iTunes Store):

Album Title
Released
Total Tracks
Genre

Links will open iTunes and we're only focusing on the United States store at this time.

About the word fauta: the wonderful Okinawan-English Wordbook by Mitsugu Sakihara and published by University of Hawaiʻi Press, has its definition as "fa-uta, n. [hauta] A popular song; a ballad; a ditty."

About Fauta's author: Richie is the admin over at Karakui.com, an English-language blog dedicated to the pop culture of Okinawa.

As this is a labor of love, we welcome any links you can provide us with and we'll credit your name as the source of the link if you wish. (We may already know about the artist but haven't gotten to posting an entry here so be sure to check out Karakui.com's Listing of Artists on iTunes page before emailing us.)

Nifee Deebitan,
Richie

Contact: info@karakui.com.