Where East and West blend in world fusion

During the 2020 lockdown, when many musicians were confined to their homes, shamisen player Kyle Abbott launched this project to unite and uplift artists worldwide. What began as a modest seven-song album of Wagakki (和楽器, traditional Japanese instruments) grew into a fifty-song collection, now becoming a five-album series.

Each artist recorded independently with minimal guidance. Kyle trusted the mastery and sensitivity of his collaborators, and their collective creativity forged an extraordinary cohesion between Japanese and Western folk traditions.