You may be happy to learn you've barely scratched the surface with Sheena Ringo, she's celebrating her 25th year in the music industry and she's been active for most of it. In the second video version of Honnou you watched she was with the band she's been a part of since 2003, Tokyo Jihen (aka. Tokyo Incidents); they semi-morphed out of her original solo career backing band but have their own sound, with all the other members contributing to the songwriting also. One thing I love about their live shows is that they frequently change arrangements around, blending styles and improvising so no two performances are exactly the same. As well as being an amazing singer & lyricist, she also plays guitar, bass, piano & several other instruments. It was interesting that you mentioned Aina the End, she's acknowledged Sheena's influence in interviews, covered some of her songs including performances on a show where Sheena played rhythm guitar and she's also worked with Seiji Kameda (Tokyo Jihen bassist & veteran producer) extensively over her first two solo records. Noticed you'd reacted to King Gnu also, so you might enjoyed two tracks Sheena did recently with Millennium Parade (Daiki Tsuneta's (guitar/vocalist) other project/collective that also currently includes King Gnu's rhythm section). The lead track from the single, 'Work' was the OP for the anime Hell's Paradise.
You may be happy to learn you've barely scratched the surface with Sheena Ringo, she's celebrating her 25th year in the music industry and she's been active for most of it. In the second video version of Honnou you watched she was with the band she's been a part of since 2003, Tokyo Jihen (aka. Tokyo Incidents); they semi-morphed out of her original solo career backing band but have their own sound, with all the other members contributing to the songwriting also. One thing I love about their live shows is that they frequently change arrangements around, blending styles and improvising so no two performances are exactly the same.
As well as being an amazing singer & lyricist, she also plays guitar, bass, piano & several other instruments. It was interesting that you mentioned Aina the End, she's acknowledged Sheena's influence in interviews, covered some of her songs including performances on a show where Sheena played rhythm guitar and she's also worked with Seiji Kameda (Tokyo Jihen bassist & veteran producer) extensively over her first two solo records. Noticed you'd reacted to King Gnu also, so you might enjoyed two tracks Sheena did recently with Millennium Parade (Daiki Tsuneta's (guitar/vocalist) other project/collective that also currently includes King Gnu's rhythm section). The lead track from the single, 'Work' was the OP for the anime Hell's Paradise.
Thank u for the reaction! She is beyond amazing! More reaction to her live !
Ringo is everything.
I've been a fan for over 20 years now. There's so much more to explore ^_^ Enjoy~
The second song she wrote in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the U.S.