Oshima Elegy (New Version)

[Machine Translation] Amami Oshima Island has been the focus of much attention this year due to the NHK historical drama "Saigo-Don" and the World Natural Heritage related activities. Atsushi Tanaka, who has been actively performing traditional island songs, folk songs, and pop music, aiming to be a bridge between Amami and Tokyo, has released his first solo single CD. This time, "Oshima Elegy" is a gorgeous arrangement of a Showa mood song while singing "Amami Aru Aru" in shima-uta style. Originally, "Oshima Elegy" was a song sung by Atsushi Tanaka in his live performances, but it was covered in the "8th Amami Nodo Jiman Tournament, Amami Song Division" and won the Grand Prix. The song became a hot topic, and inquiries came in from all quarters, "I want to sing it, but do you have a karaoke machine? The inquiries came flooding in. This led to the decision to make a CD of the original version by Atsushi Tanaka.

NHK大河ドラマ「西郷どん」の舞台、そして世界自然遺産関連の動きで今年大きく注目を集めている奄美大島。その・伝統島唄・民謡とポップス、奄美と東京の架け橋的な存在を目指し精力的に活動するタナカアツシ初のソロシングルCDリリース。今作「大島エレジー」は"奄美あるある"を島唄歌唱で歌いながらも、昭和ムード歌謡にゴージャスアレンジ!! 元々、「大島エレジー」はタナカアツシのライブで歌われていた楽曲だったが、"第八回奄美のど自慢大会 奄美歌謡部門"でカバーされグランプリを受賞。それを機に一躍話題となり各方面より"歌いたいけどカラオケない?"と問い合わせが殺到。それがきっかけとなり、今回タナカアツシのオリジナル版のCD化が決定。