Musician, Songwriter Kishi Bashi in Studio

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🗓️ 31 October 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Kishi Bashi is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, filmmaker and Japanese-American. That identity and the liminal space between being Japanese and being American animates his documentary “Omoiyari” in which he traveled to WWII Japanese internment camps and Japan itself to better understand his own identity. Bashi improvises music on site in the film, and his taut melodic phrases, inflected with a bit of Laurel Canyon pop, build and expand to tell a story in a way you have not yet heard. His new double LP – “A Songfilm” – is a companion piece to the documentary and comes out on November 17. Bashi joins us in studio. Guests: Kishi Bashi, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist - Bashi's latest LP "Music from the Song Film: Omoiyari" is a companion to his documentary film that explores his identity and the WWII experience of Japanese incarceration. The album comes out on November 17. Bashi is based in Santa Cruz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:01.2	Kishabashi grew up like a lot of Gen X people of color in the suburbs.
1:05.5	He loved his family and held on to their culture at home, but at school, he just tried to fit in with the white kids.
1:12.7	He became a celebrated violinist and brilliant songwriter, but something about his dual
1:17.5	Japanese and American identities wasn't adding up to a whole person.
1:22.7	So he went on a pilgrimage to the places where Japanese Americans were incarcerated during World
1:27.2	War II,
1:27.8	improvising music on site and building a documentary around what turned out to be a transformative experience.
1:34.9	Musician Kish Bashi joins us.
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