Bluegrass Japan Blog

I’ve been just a little bit obsessed with podcasts recently. As I was wondering around the internet over the weekend I discovered another bluegrass blogger who had a podcast. Nino is the guy’s name and Bluegrass Japan is his blog. He describes himself as being “a Japanese who is crazy about Bluegrass.” From what I gather he is a mandolin player, and not to bad a one at that.

He has only published one podcast so far. It is a recording he made of one song, at a local jam session there in Tokyo. The quality of the live recording isn’t that great, but it’s an interesting listen. Click here to check it out.

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