Author: Beau Whiteside

Shibuya-kei is a genre – or more properly, a sensibility – that arose within Japanese pop music in the 1990s. Shibuya-kei borrows from Western pop music from prior decades and arranges it into luscious harmonies. It’s familiar to the Western ear, but still radically different enough to feel as a unique presentation. The genre is… Continue reading A Sample of “Shibuya-kei”

This first story is of Jami Miyamoto and her adopted daughter, Daily. Daily was born in the midst of China’s “One Child Policy”, meaning that her parents could not keep her. Jami came to her rescue when she was ten months old, and here the pair recount the story in a heartwarming exchange. The audio… Continue reading Beau Whiteside StoryCorps Blog