Naniwa Roman - Tsuioku no Fantasy -

[Machine Translation] Singer Mikako Aoki, born and raised in Osaka, plans an album of rare Osaka songs of her own choice! The album includes "Naniwa Roman," a song full of Osaka sentiment, "Let's Talk about Our Hometown," composed by Kida Taroh of "Naniwa no Mozart," the theme song of a hit TV drama set in Osaka ("Doterai Otoko"), and "365 Days of Paper Airplane". Also included are the well-known Bon Odori songs ("Osaka Ondo") and ("I Like Osaka"). In addition, an original song ("Minarin Ondo") was written by the artist himself. (Minarin is the mascot character of sunflowers, the flower of Minato Ward, Osaka City. Minarin Ondo" is a lighthearted song based on the character, which is well known in the local community. Another original song ("Kokoro no Furusato ~Minami-Oe~") is an image song of Minami-Oe, Chuo-ku, Osaka City, for which he also writes the lyrics. As in the previous album, the accompaniment is the double standard of Sweet Memories by Chindo Tsushinsha. <profile>As a student, she was a member of the chorus club and studied vocal music. She performed the soprano part in the first Japanese performance of the Ninth in Vienna by Koto Kiyohara, director of the National Chorus Union. Later, after teaching kindergarten, she participated as a vocalist in the elementary school performances of the late Tetsuya Furuya, a pioneer conga player in Japan. Later, she made her CD debut on OBC Radio Osaka, and appeared in NHK morning dramas ("Carnation") and "Ocho-yan" (Ocho-yan), in which she sang. She appeared twice in rakugo storyteller Katsura Hanadanji III's solo performances (Katsura Hanadanji no Kai) and had the opportunity to sing at the Tenma Tenjin Hanjotei. With his wide repertoire, he has appeared in many concerts abroad and in Japan in collaboration with Chindo Tsushinsha. He is a regular guest singer at Chindon Tsushinsha's Chindon Engeikan (Kojiro Hayashi's Chindon Engeikan) held every Wednesday at Space 9 in the Kintetsu Main Store in Abeno Harukas. He is also the owner of a drugstore (Aoki Yakuten) and regularly holds "wakuwaku Kenko-Tsushin Live" sponsored by a pharmaceutical company. In 2018, she started "Mikako Aoki's Japanese Jazz Live" produced by Kojiro Hayashi with Sweet Memories, consisting of Kazuo Ota (Pf), Nobushi Ide (Bass), and Kanta (Dr), and is currently performing regularly at New Suntory 5 in Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka City with the same band members. Currently, the band members make regular appearances at New Suntory 5 in Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka.

大阪生まれで大阪育ちの歌手・青木美香子が独自のチョイスでレアな大阪もんのアルバムを企画! 大阪の情緒溢れる「浪花ろまん」を始め、『なにわのモーツァルト』キダ・タロー氏作曲の「ふるさとのはなしをしよう」や、大阪が舞台の大ヒットドラマの主題歌「どてらい男」や「365日の紙飛行機」を収録。また、盆踊りでお馴染みの「大阪音頭」、「好きやねん大阪」を収録。それに加えて、オリジナル曲「みなりん音頭」は自身で作詞。「みなりん」とは大阪市港区の花・ひまわりのマスコットキャラクター。そのキャラクターをモチーフにした軽快な楽曲「みなりん音頭」は地域で親しまれている。もう一曲のオリジナル曲「心のふるさと～南大江～」は大阪市中央区南大江のまちのイメージソングでこちらも作詞を担当する。前作アルバムに引き続き、伴奏はちんどん通信社のスイートメモリーズ のダブルスタンダートでお楽しみください。<プロフィール>学生時代、コーラス部に所属し、声楽を学ぶ。全国合唱連盟理事、清原浩斗氏が邦人として初めてウィーンで開催した「第九」公演にソプラノパートで出演。その後、幼稚園教諭経験を積み、日本コンガ奏者草分け的存在、故・古谷哲也氏の小学校公演にボーカリストとして参加。後に、OBCラジオ大阪出演をきっかけにCDデビューへ。NHK朝ドラ「カーネーション」や「おちょやん 」では歌唱する役柄で出演。落語家・三代目桂花團治師匠の独演会「桂花團治の会」に2回出演し、天満天神繁昌亭で歌う機会を経験する。幅広いレパートリーを生かし、ちんどん通信社とのコラボによる海外や国内のコンサートに多数出演。毎週水曜日、あべのハルカス近鉄本店内スペース9において開催している、ちんどん通信社主催「林幸治郎のちんどん演芸館」にてレギュラーでゲスト歌手として出演中。ドラッグストア「青木薬店」オーナーの立場を生かし、製薬会社協賛で「わくわく健康通信ライブ」を定期開催。また、2018年より林幸治郎プロデュースによる「青木美香子の日本語ジャズライブ」をPf・おーたかずお、Bass・井手信志、Dr・kantaのメンバーからなるスイートメモリーズと共にスタートし、現在、大阪市北区梅田のニューサントリー5にて同バンドメンバーでレギュラー出演中。