Kutsugake Dochu

[Machine Translation] Ayao, who debuted in June 2019 at the age of 16 with "Ginjiro Tabigarasu" and won the Japan Record Award for Newcomer of the Year, is a "santo-ryu" singer who has been performing folk songs since the age of 5, Tsugaru shamisen since the age of 7, and also plays shakuhachi in earnest, and as a young enka singer in the "enka 7th generation," her personality, youth, and energy is drawing attention. He is also a young enka singer of the <Seventh Generation>. He is also well known for his shamisen and shakuhachi performances in the background of his master Takashi Hosokawa, and at the end of last year, he accompanied Takashi Hosokawa in the NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen (Red and White Singing Contest) as a shamisen accompanist. Ayao's long-awaited third single, following his debut song (Ginjiro Tabigarasu), is "Krotabi Enka" ("Kutsukake Douchu"), in which Ayao himself plays the shakuhachi. The coupling song is an Aomori folk song (Tsugaru yosare bushi) sung with Tsugaru shamisen in the background.

2019年6月、16歳で「銀次郎 旅がらす」でデビュー、この年の"日本レコード大賞"新人賞を受賞した彩青。5歳より民謡を、7歳より津軽三味線を、更に尺八も本格的にこなす"三刀流"歌手、また＜演歌第7世代＞の若手演歌歌手として、その個性と若さ、勢いが注目されている。師匠、細川たかしのバックでの三味線、尺八演奏もおなじみで、昨年末は細川たかしの「NHK紅白歌合戦」出場に三味線伴奏として華を添えた。その彩青、待望の3枚目のシングルはデビュー曲「銀次郎 旅がらす」に続く"股旅演歌"「沓掛道中 (くつかけどうちゅう)」をリリース、楽曲中では彩青自ら尺八を演奏。カップリング曲は津軽三味線をバックに唄う青森民謡「津軽よされ節」を収録し、現在の彩青の個性、持ち味を十二分に発揮した2曲を収めた1枚。AB面メロ譜付。