Jpop: Asakura Saya ft Gomess - River Boat Song (民謡日本一)

The lovely and slightly nerdy Asakura Saya which caught my attention when singing so charmingly in the Yamagata dialect now returns with new interpretation of a classic folk song about the river Mogami. This time though, she cooperates with the autistic rapper Gomess to produce something more modern, where she tries to fuse modern sounds with the traditional melody and with Gomess soft and humble rap suiting her airily song perfect. To be honest, it sounds very much like an updated enka song with a rap section, but that is very fine with me.

• Asakura Saya ft Gomess - River Boat Song (民謡日本一)

Mandopop: Huo Zun (霍尊)

Huo Zun is a Mancu Chinese born in 1990, and his voice is just incredible in its timbre and resonance, an otherworldly ambience which you can hear in "Song of Birds".

• Huo Zun - Song of Birds (對鳥)
• Huo Zun - Dressed (恰好)