Sakaba no Hana / Onna no Inochi

[Machine Translation] A white flower blooming quietly in a deserted bar... "It's about you" ... Kanta Ichijo, who has greatly transformed into an adult singer with his last album "Inochi no Hana (Flower of Life)," has released his long-awaited new song! The title track of "Sakaba no Hana" is Kanta Ichijo's first major enka song. Although it is a major enka song, its somewhat wistful melody transports listeners to a town in the Showa era. The setting is a back street of a small town in the Showa era. I heard that a woman I once fell in love with at a bar in the nightlife district has now opened a small store in her hometown. After walking through rumors and finally finding "you", he is happy to have finally found her, and with a lighthearted storytelling voice, he tells of his determination to "never let her go this time". The coupling song "Onna no Inochi (A Woman's Life)" is also his first song for women. This song is an answer song to "Inochino Hana," and is also a new work for Ichijo Kanta.

さびれ酒場にひっそり咲いた白い花・・・「おまえのことだよ」・・・ 前作「いのちの花」で大人の歌い手に大きく変貌を遂げた一条貫太、待望の新曲! 「酒場の花」は、一条貫太の表題曲としては初めてのメジャー演歌曲。メジャーながらどこか侘しい旋律が、聴く人々を昭和の町にいざないます。舞台は昭和のとある小さな町の裏通り。昔、夜の巷で一度は惚れた酒場の女が、今は故郷で小さな店を出したと聞いた。噂を訪ね歩いて、やっと見つけた「おまえ」・・ようやく見つけたうれしさと共に「今度は絶対に離さない」という男の決意を、軽妙な語り口で伝えます。カップリングの「女のいのち」はこちらも初めてのおんな唄。前作「いのちの花」で故郷を旅立った男が都会で働く姿を思い、いつか一緒になる夢をもちつつ、男を支えていく決心を胸に、凛と待ち続ける女の姿――「いのちの花」のアンサーソングともいうべき本作も一条貫太の新境地。