December 16, 2020
Reviewer Peter Margasak says the album, "immediately grabs the listener."
November 12, 2020
Emi and her quartet will livestream from from SEEDS::Brooklyn at 8:30pm.
November 9, 2020
Bandcamp says: "Emi Makabe’s communion of modern jazz and Japanese folk makes for an auspicious debut."
October 30, 2020
Bandcamp purchasers receive a bonus track that doesn't appear on the CD, an alternate version of the title track.
October 16, 2020
"Anniversary" is the title track from Emi's upcoming album and it is a beautiful duet with her husband, bassist Thomas Morgan.
October 5, 2020
The video was animated by Monica Jane Frisell, who is great photographer who has done a number of videos for Bill Frisell.
October 2, 2020
The beautifully animated video was put together by Monica Jane Frisell, a wonderful photographer who has created some great videos for her father, Bill Frisell.
Glide Magazine is premiering a beautifully animated video for the song "Flash."
September 24, 2020
Emi will play an outdoor concert at Wilky Bar Brooklyn in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn at 6:30pm.
September 14, 2020
Nate Chinen says, "Hyperacute technique meets folkloric timbre in the music of Emi Makabe."
September 3, 2020
The album is a set of eleven of Emi's original compositions, which blend pop and Japanese folk melodies with cross-cultural instrumentation and jazz improvisation.
November 14, 2019
Steve Lehman talks about his composing, and his various approaches to ensemble writing and playing.
