Sachiko Kanenobu - Misora (Remastered) (2006)

Twenty eight years after it's release, Sachiko Kanenobu’s first album 'Misora' is today cited as a major influence by a new generation of Japanese musicians. Japanese groups Grapevine and Freebo both recently covered songs from the album, while 'Shibuya-kei' artists, Sunny Day Service, Kenji Ozawa and Kazuyoshi Nakamura all tout her as a source of inspiration.

'Misora' was released during the Japanese 'folk boom' and featured seminal figures Happy End and Haruomi Hosono. Kanenobu was labeled the 'Japanese Joni Mitchell'. However, before the album was even released, she took off to America, not to return to the Japanese music scene until now. After getting married and having children, her music career remained on the backburner for the first six years she lived in America.