UKULELE MASTER JAKE SHIMABUKURO’S LIVE IN JAPAN RELEASED TODAY ON ENTERTAINMENT ONE
The two-CD set was recorded live in Japan during his sold-out 2015 World Tour
Rolling Stone said, “One of the hottest axemen of the past few years doesn’t actually play guitar.”
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (February 26, 2016) – Hawaii native Jake Shimabukuro released today his “best of” live collection Live In Japan, his second release on Hitchhike Records/eOne. The album is available for purchase at various retail outlets, as well as on Amazon, iTunes and the website. The two-CD collection features some of Shimabukuro’s favorite songs from his 15-year career including a 10-minute classic reworking of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” which currently has over 14 million views on YouTube. For more information, please visit his website here.
Recorded in Japan during his 2015 world tour, the collection begins with a nine-minute medley including the War classic “Low Rider,” and performances of “Dragon,” “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “Blue Roses Falling,” to name a few. The band set also includes several original selections from his most recent studio album, Travels, which debuted at #2 on Billboard’s Top World Album Chart in 2015.
2016 is shaping up to be Shimabukuro’s biggest of his career. Beyond the live release, his first in seven years, he is working on a new studio album to be released later this year and will be touring across the United States and around the world.
Live In Japan Track Listing:
CD 1:
1. Medley – Trapped, Me & Shirley T, Low Rider
2. Passport
3. Red Eye
4. Ichigo Ichie
5. I’ll Be There
6. Oama
7. Travels
8. Kawika
9. Hula Girl
10. Blue Roses Falling
CD 2:
1. Bohemian Rhapsody
2. Dragon
3. 3rd Stream
4. Orange World
5. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Produced by Jake Shimabukuro
Upcoming Tour Dates:
March 10 Boulder, CO
March 11 Colorado Springs, CO
March 12 Albuquerque, NM
March 13 Santa Fe, NM
March 15 Aspen, CO
April 5 Wickenburg, AZ
April 6 Prescott, AZ
April 7 Escondido, CA
April 8 Irvine, CA
April 9 Carmel-By-The-Sea, CA