Friday Music and Best Wishes for Japan

Today's terrible news out of Japan has rather put a damper on my enthusiasm for fun Friday music posts - but I shouldn't let that stop me. Since some of my favorite bands are from Japan - and particularly, one of my favorite musicians over the last 20 years or so - it's not hard to come up with some. Hope things come out okay...

You Ishihara & Friends:



Ghost, playing Hazy Paradise:



And - completing the Kurihara trilogy, backing Damon & Naomi on Song to the Siren:



And because that is such a beautiful song - here's Tim Buckley playing it live on the Monkees TV show.