Renewing minyo is hardly a modern tradition—and there's over a century of recorded music to prove it.
Reevaluating the Minyo “Revival”
Renewing minyo is hardly a modern tradition—and there's over a century of recorded music to prove it.
daily.bandcamp.com
October 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Renewing minyo is hardly a modern tradition—and there's over a century of recorded music to prove it.
#AtoZStudioAlbums
E Echoes of Japan
Minyo Crusaders' genius idea was to restore Japanese people's pride in their folk music (minyo) tradition by fusing old songs with various musical styles from around the globe.
Here's Kushimoto Bushi, cumbia style:
minyocrusaders.bandcamp.com/track/kushim...
E Echoes of Japan
Minyo Crusaders' genius idea was to restore Japanese people's pride in their folk music (minyo) tradition by fusing old songs with various musical styles from around the globe.
Here's Kushimoto Bushi, cumbia style:
minyocrusaders.bandcamp.com/track/kushim...
December 5, 2024 at 2:36 AM
#AtoZStudioAlbums
E Echoes of Japan
Minyo Crusaders' genius idea was to restore Japanese people's pride in their folk music (minyo) tradition by fusing old songs with various musical styles from around the globe.
Here's Kushimoto Bushi, cumbia style:
minyocrusaders.bandcamp.com/track/kushim...
E Echoes of Japan
Minyo Crusaders' genius idea was to restore Japanese people's pride in their folk music (minyo) tradition by fusing old songs with various musical styles from around the globe.
Here's Kushimoto Bushi, cumbia style:
minyocrusaders.bandcamp.com/track/kushim...
#EmojiSounds
22 🇨🇴 Cumbia del Monte Fuji - Minyo Cumbiero
One of my favourite Japanese bands, Minyo Crusaders, collaborating with Colombian band Frente Cumbiero on this adapted cover of a classic 60s cumbia.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy6N...
22 🇨🇴 Cumbia del Monte Fuji - Minyo Cumbiero
One of my favourite Japanese bands, Minyo Crusaders, collaborating with Colombian band Frente Cumbiero on this adapted cover of a classic 60s cumbia.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy6N...
Minyo Cumbiero - Cumbia del Monte Fuji
YouTube video by FRENTE CUMBIERO
www.youtube.com
June 22, 2026 at 12:45 AM
#EmojiSounds
22 🇨🇴 Cumbia del Monte Fuji - Minyo Cumbiero
One of my favourite Japanese bands, Minyo Crusaders, collaborating with Colombian band Frente Cumbiero on this adapted cover of a classic 60s cumbia.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy6N...
22 🇨🇴 Cumbia del Monte Fuji - Minyo Cumbiero
One of my favourite Japanese bands, Minyo Crusaders, collaborating with Colombian band Frente Cumbiero on this adapted cover of a classic 60s cumbia.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy6N...
うーむいいな
Minyo Crusaders: Tiny Desk (Home) Concerts youtu.be/mc1QgsEl6zI?... @YouTubeより
Minyo Crusaders: Tiny Desk (Home) Concerts youtu.be/mc1QgsEl6zI?... @YouTubeより
Minyo Crusaders: Tiny Desk (Home) Concerts
YouTube video by NPR Music
youtu.be
January 27, 2026 at 1:09 PM
うーむいいな
Minyo Crusaders: Tiny Desk (Home) Concerts youtu.be/mc1QgsEl6zI?... @YouTubeより
Minyo Crusaders: Tiny Desk (Home) Concerts youtu.be/mc1QgsEl6zI?... @YouTubeより
こんにちは🌧️
台風一過しましたかね？☔☔🐌
日食なつこさんのラジオ番組で流れて、私も感銘受けました
民謡クルセイダース「貝殻節」
日本民謡✕サルサ🎶
カッコいい👍
台風一過しましたかね？☔☔🐌
日食なつこさんのラジオ番組で流れて、私も感銘受けました
民謡クルセイダース「貝殻節」
日本民謡✕サルサ🎶
カッコいい👍
Minyo Crusaders／民謡クルセイダーズ - Kaigara Bushi／貝殻節 (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by MINYO CRUSADERS/民謡クルセイダーズ
youtu.be
June 28, 2026 at 7:36 AM
こんにちは🌧️
台風一過しましたかね？☔☔🐌
日食なつこさんのラジオ番組で流れて、私も感銘受けました
民謡クルセイダース「貝殻節」
日本民謡✕サルサ🎶
カッコいい👍
台風一過しましたかね？☔☔🐌
日食なつこさんのラジオ番組で流れて、私も感銘受けました
民謡クルセイダース「貝殻節」
日本民謡✕サルサ🎶
カッコいい👍
New & Notable: The great Minyo Crusaders return! The Tokyo group collide traditional Japanese folk songs with Latin rhythms on their raucous new LP.
Tour Of Japan, by Minyo Crusaders
8 track album
180g-minyocrusaders.bandcamp.com
June 6, 2025 at 7:35 PM
New & Notable: The great Minyo Crusaders return! The Tokyo group collide traditional Japanese folk songs with Latin rhythms on their raucous new LP.
“What puzzled me was that these same listeners and musicians rarely approached Japanese min’yō—the roots music of their own country … with the same level of passion. That was one of the reasons we started the band.”
Touring the Interiors of Your Mind with Minyo Crusaders:
Touring the Interiors of Your Mind with Minyo Crusaders:
Touring the Japanese Jazz-Cumbia-Afrobeat-Folk Interiors of Your Mind with Minyo Crusaders - JazzTimes
I f you were to take the art of min’yō at face value, you would focus on its happy histories of Japanese folk singing, its … Read More "Touring the Japanese Jazz-Cumbia-Afrobeat-Folk Interiors of Your Mind with Minyo Crusaders"
www.jazztimes.com
September 22, 2026 at 8:00 PM
“What puzzled me was that these same listeners and musicians rarely approached Japanese min’yō—the roots music of their own country … with the same level of passion. That was one of the reasons we started the band.”
Touring the Interiors of Your Mind with Minyo Crusaders:
Touring the Interiors of Your Mind with Minyo Crusaders:
Minyo Crusaders announce "From Japan With Love," an album that reworks traditional Japanese folk songs with Latin, African & Caribbean rhythms www.bluenote.com/minyo-crusad...
Minyo Crusaders Announce New Album "From Japan With Love" Out June 26 - Blue Note Records
On June 26, Minyo Crusaders will release From Japan with Love, a vibrant new album that reimagines traditional Japanese folk songs (min’yō) through the lens of global rhythms. The album was announced ...
www.bluenote.com
April 25, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Minyo Crusaders announce "From Japan With Love," an album that reworks traditional Japanese folk songs with Latin, African & Caribbean rhythms www.bluenote.com/minyo-crusad...
Tokyo-based Minyo Crusaders will release "From Japan with Love" on June 26, a vibrant album that reimagines traditional Japanese folk songs (min’yō) through the lens of global rhythms. Pre-order & hear the new single “Waido Bushi" featuring vocalist Chitose Hajime: minyo-crusaders.lnk.to/withlove
June 9, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Tokyo-based Minyo Crusaders will release "From Japan with Love" on June 26, a vibrant album that reimagines traditional Japanese folk songs (min’yō) through the lens of global rhythms. Pre-order & hear the new single “Waido Bushi" featuring vocalist Chitose Hajime: minyo-crusaders.lnk.to/withlove
Tokyo-based Minyo Crusaders will release "From Japan With Love" on June 26, an album that reimagines traditional Japanese folk songs (min’yō) with Latin, African & Caribbean rhythms. Pre-order & hear the lead single “Hanagasa Ondo” now! minyo-crusaders.lnk.to/withlove
April 27, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Tokyo-based Minyo Crusaders will release "From Japan With Love" on June 26, an album that reimagines traditional Japanese folk songs (min’yō) with Latin, African & Caribbean rhythms. Pre-order & hear the lead single “Hanagasa Ondo” now! minyo-crusaders.lnk.to/withlove
A little joy for today. Do you like minyo? Do you like cumbia? What if a band mashed them together? Enter the Minyo Crusaders.
youtu.be/M1DhNsfUXcw?...
youtu.be/M1DhNsfUXcw?...
Kushimoto Bushi (Cumbia)
YouTube video by Minyo Crusaders - Topic
youtu.be
February 11, 2026 at 6:00 PM
A little joy for today. Do you like minyo? Do you like cumbia? What if a band mashed them together? Enter the Minyo Crusaders.
youtu.be/M1DhNsfUXcw?...
youtu.be/M1DhNsfUXcw?...
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #EasternEchoes
Minyo Crusaders:
🎵 Shimotsui Bushi
#MinyoCrusaders
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Song on #Spotify:
Shimotsui Bushi
Minyo Crusaders · From Japan With Love · Song · 2026
open.spotify.com
September 25, 2026 at 3:43 AM
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #EasternEchoes
Minyo Crusaders:
🎵 Shimotsui Bushi
#MinyoCrusaders
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Song on #Spotify:
Minyo Crusaders kick off their US tour tonight celebrating the release of their album “From Japan With Love”! Read the JazzTimes interview: www.jazztimes.com/features/pro...
Touring the Japanese Jazz-Cumbia-Afrobeat-Folk Interiors of Your Mind with Minyo Crusaders - JazzTimes
I f you were to take the art of min’yō at face value, you would focus on its happy histories of Japanese folk singing, its … Read More "Touring the Japanese Jazz-Cumbia-Afrobeat-Folk Interiors of Your...
www.jazztimes.com
September 22, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Minyo Crusaders kick off their US tour tonight celebrating the release of their album “From Japan With Love”! Read the JazzTimes interview: www.jazztimes.com/features/pro...
Renewing minyo is hardly a modern tradition—and there's over a century of recorded music to prove it.
Reevaluating the Minyo “Revival”
Renewing minyo is hardly a modern tradition—and there's over a century of recorded music to prove it.
daily.bandcamp.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Renewing minyo is hardly a modern tradition—and there's over a century of recorded music to prove it.
Not to be confused with Thaditiel, Nano nor Rassam.
Minyo is not a new character. They are in fact... Just me.
So now you guys know where the Minyo part of my artist name comes from.
Minyo is not a new character. They are in fact... Just me.
So now you guys know where the Minyo part of my artist name comes from.
January 18, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Not to be confused with Thaditiel, Nano nor Rassam.
Minyo is not a new character. They are in fact... Just me.
So now you guys know where the Minyo part of my artist name comes from.
Minyo is not a new character. They are in fact... Just me.
So now you guys know where the Minyo part of my artist name comes from.
So her story in brief is this- She trained from very early on as a Minyo (korean folk) singer under the best singers of the genre, folks classified as Living Treasures in Korea (the equivalent to Ustads or Pandits). In 2008 she won a music reality show at at 11 because her voice is ethereal.
September 25, 2026 at 11:25 PM
So her story in brief is this- She trained from very early on as a Minyo (korean folk) singer under the best singers of the genre, folks classified as Living Treasures in Korea (the equivalent to Ustads or Pandits). In 2008 she won a music reality show at at 11 because her voice is ethereal.
The Tokyo-based band Minyo Crusaders reimagine traditional Japanese folk songs (min’yō) with global rhythms on their new album "From Japan with Love" out now! Listen: minyo-crusaders.lnk.to/withlove
Hear a profile of band on NPR Here & Now: www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
Hear a profile of band on NPR Here & Now: www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
June 26, 2026 at 10:43 PM
The Tokyo-based band Minyo Crusaders reimagine traditional Japanese folk songs (min’yō) with global rhythms on their new album "From Japan with Love" out now! Listen: minyo-crusaders.lnk.to/withlove
Hear a profile of band on NPR Here & Now: www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
Hear a profile of band on NPR Here & Now: www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
Please Like My #Minyo so my friend can survive
PLEASE STOP SCROLLING, PLEASE SHARE THIS. Black trans disabled person in crisis who's BEEN through this same scenario every month for the past 5 years, owes rent in <24hrs.
They just got groceries, leaving them $1000 short. pls aid...!!
thank you!
C/V: memwho
P: xomemereytwod
They just got groceries, leaving them $1000 short. pls aid...!!
thank you!
C/V: memwho
P: xomemereytwod
February 1, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Please Like My #Minyo so my friend can survive
Minyo ist da! <3
PS: Ich möchte gern einen Mega-Thread mit den geilsten ersten Skeets.
PS: Ich möchte gern einen Mega-Thread mit den geilsten ersten Skeets.
Mein Exfreund lässt sich gerade ein Penthouse im Prenzlauer Berg bauen...
#taxtherich
#taxtherich
August 23, 2023 at 7:08 AM
Minyo ist da! <3
PS: Ich möchte gern einen Mega-Thread mit den geilsten ersten Skeets.
PS: Ich möchte gern einen Mega-Thread mit den geilsten ersten Skeets.
#AToZStudioAlbums
J Japanese Folk Songs Folio
Back in 1958, Eri Chiemi was already making ground-breaking minyo fusion albums with The Tokyo Cuban Boys. Even better, they're cool 10" albums.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNs_...
J Japanese Folk Songs Folio
Back in 1958, Eri Chiemi was already making ground-breaking minyo fusion albums with The Tokyo Cuban Boys. Even better, they're cool 10" albums.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNs_...
December 10, 2024 at 2:35 AM
#AToZStudioAlbums
J Japanese Folk Songs Folio
Back in 1958, Eri Chiemi was already making ground-breaking minyo fusion albums with The Tokyo Cuban Boys. Even better, they're cool 10" albums.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNs_...
J Japanese Folk Songs Folio
Back in 1958, Eri Chiemi was already making ground-breaking minyo fusion albums with The Tokyo Cuban Boys. Even better, they're cool 10" albums.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNs_...
#BlueZicos
#MusicChallenge
La semaine des îles
Mercredi: le Japon
Encore merci à @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social pour la découverte
youtu.be/M1DhNsfUXcw?...
#MusicChallenge
La semaine des îles
Mercredi: le Japon
Encore merci à @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social pour la découverte
youtu.be/M1DhNsfUXcw?...
Kushimoto Bushi (Cumbia)
YouTube video by Minyo Crusaders - Topic
youtu.be
June 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
#BlueZicos
#MusicChallenge
La semaine des îles
Mercredi: le Japon
Encore merci à @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social pour la découverte
youtu.be/M1DhNsfUXcw?...
#MusicChallenge
La semaine des îles
Mercredi: le Japon
Encore merci à @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social pour la découverte
youtu.be/M1DhNsfUXcw?...
“Sado Okesa” Michiya Mihashi & Tokyo Cuban Boys — Minyo Groove 1963-1979 - Japan Meets Latin, Rock, Rare Groove & Funky Vibes (2025)
September 25, 2026 at 3:50 AM
“Sado Okesa” Michiya Mihashi & Tokyo Cuban Boys — Minyo Groove 1963-1979 - Japan Meets Latin, Rock, Rare Groove & Funky Vibes (2025)