◆◆Noriko Takase of the Friends Band & No14 will make a guest appearance at the "Muraki Dan Concert (August 5, 2022)"!! For details, go to → https://columbia.jp/artist-info/murak... The "Funamura Melody Singing Association" is an annual February event in which members of the public participate to continue singing the songs of Toru Funamura. The fourth event, held in 2020, was postponed due to COVID-19 measures. This time, we will release a recording of the concert without an audience on November 12, 2021. The concert was a very luxurious concert in which 14 people selected from a public call for entries and three people who scored highly in the karaoke preliminary round using Daiichi Kosho's DAM precision scoring sang to the accompaniment of professional musicians, the "Toru Funamura Friends Band." Guests included Shizutaro and Jiro Amakusa of the Association of Five Toru Funamura Apprentices, and Yoshiko Fukuda, the wife of Toru Funamura and representative of the Toru Funamura Music Agency, Kidoairakusha, also attended. [Recording venue] Nikko Roadside Station Niconico Hall (inside Nikko Roadside Station) https://www.nikko-honjin.jp/ [Recording date] Friday, November 12, 2021 Contestant 0:05:27 *General singers Watanabe Yuyuki "Wind and snow flowing journey" Negishi Masami "One cedar of farewell" Harada Keiji "Night train" Fukushima Hiroji "House on Kakinokizaka" Akanuma Yoshiko "Messy hair" Kawarai Toshimune "Forgetful inn" Tanaka Mie "Woman's departure" Mizunuma Hideaki "Nozomi (Hope)" Hara Yasuo "Hijikawa storm" Kanazaki Daikichi "Yobito Station" Fukushima Toru "Drift ice station" Takahashi Ichiko "Genkai man song" Akimoto Yu "Master (father)" Takase Noriko "Family moonlit night" 0:59:38 *The champions of each month in the preliminary round: Kazumi Sunaga "Hijikawa Storm" Katsuji Yanase "Tear Boat" Shiro Minami "Men's Friendship" 1:15:05 *Special guest: Funamura Toru's apprentice #Amakusa Jiro "Amakusa Katagi" and "Amakusa Love Song" #Seitaro "Genkai Man Song" and "I'm Sorry, Old Man" *Funamura Toru's friends: Band Together with Funamura Toru, from east to west...these are some of the industry's leading professional performers and studio musicians who have performed for the teacher on the Enka Pilgrimage stage for over 30 years. Even after the death of Funamura Sensei, they continue to play "Funamura Melody" and even now perform at concerts with the five apprentices. ●Masakazu Tsuta: piano●Isao Saito: gut guitar●Kimiyasu Saito: acoustic guitar●Masaru Motoi: violin●Hirofumi Mizuno: accordion●Yoshiaki Asamoto: double bassJapanese Kokoro no Uta MuseumToru Funamura Memorial Museumhttps://www.nikko-honjin.jp/about/fun... ↓For those who are far away, click here↓Virtual Toru Funamura Memorial Museumhttps://www.nikko-honjin.jp/about/vr-...