Rin' - sakura sakura

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPH_HTVwOoQ

Nice.

Is there any more like that? Share songs here.



Update : Added 11:02 AM 10/22/2009

Elfen lied : Ametsuyu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULBL0S_8vP8


Juuni Kokki End
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzZI-nTkEcE

that was one of the best songs ive ever heard. yesh. good shiat.

reminds me of a jay chou song. so good. more combo between traditional and modern please!!!

tres bien, very good!

it is not complete traditional,

even with electric guitar and hi-tech keyboard can be more traditional than this song.

but this is good example for mixing modern tune with traditional



this is also cool videos, yoshida bros can be very traditional in tune
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ron17xFNBf0

and can mix em with modern style both tune and instruments
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RERXiliJfdI


japanese is very2 good in this field,
why cant others.?

Others ?
Well in Indonesia we have Slank mixing roots music with rock.

A long time ago I started a topic about the Asian Live Music Scene, where I posted all my reports on the bands that I was seeing, and a lot of the gigs were in that vein of contemporary traditional / urban folk / roots music.
But nobody was interested in going out to see live music, and the topic sank. I guess young people are more into downloading and iPods.
As jrockerz pointed out, there are many Japanese musicians enjoying the contemporary roots music scene.
..... Takashi Hirayasu, Rimi Natsukawa, Misako Koja, Chieko Iha, Kina Shoukichi, Satoko Ishimine, Red Bird, Tink Tink, Chihiro Onitsuka, Ritsuki Nakano , Makoto Kubota, Nenes, The Boom, Koto Vortex, Oki Dub Ainu Band .....
And my favourite - Takashi Nakagawa with his punk chindon band Soul Flower Mononoke Summit. I really enjoyed seeing this band.



Here they playing live, doing their own song called Mengetsu no Yube (A Full Moon Evening) which they wrote for the victims of the massive 1995 Kobe earthquake.
In fact they toured the devastated area, cheering up the homeless families amid the ruins.

Here is a studio recording of Takeda no Komoriuta (Lullaby Of Takeda) which captures all the irony, gutsy fire and poignancy of what went on in the Takeda district.
The song is about this segregated slum area where Korean girls lived. They were extremely poor and worked as domestic helpers, often raising the children of more affluent Japanese women. According to folklore, they sang this song to the babies. It is ironic as a lullaby, because the lyrics are about the babysitters and not the babies. Reminds me of Negro slave work songs. The Korean girls sang about their pain and shame and fierce determination to make it back to their parents' house one day.

Wow they look like they are having fun , I want to hang out with them.

what not everyone mixes the same amount of traditional and modern, but theres tons of artists who mix trad. with modern.

Anson Hu:
- Xiao Xiang Yu: Anson Hu 潇湘雨: 胡彦斌 with English lyrics http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpeWb8C7adY
- Qin's Moon anime: Song by Anson Hu: Moonlight http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orL1uz-rN7E

Jay Chou:
- Jay Chou - Qing Hua Ci 青花瓷MV Full version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMHuRzqfmgg
- Jay Chou - Fa Ru Xue (Snow Like Hair) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9KoHQofGSc

JJ Lin:
- JJ Lin - 不死之身 MV http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qi-5D9rgws
- JJ Lin - Shu Neng Sheng Qiao http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCAK8agD6dA

Stephy Tang:
- 鄧麗欣 - 七夕 CD quality! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4we-tqfnwLE

SHE:
- S.H.E - Super Star (eng sub) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRyNc8rCDI0
- S.H.E-天亮了 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=652bYJWszRI
- 月桂女神 S.H.E http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX0GWAvfKe0

Update : Ametsuyu , Juuni Kokki End Added





Thanks , JJ lin has some good melodies in his songs.

oh $hit, thx for that. i was looking for that anime, but kept typing "3 kingdoms" hahaha.

its twelve