Yumi joins Painted X-Ray
This isn’t strictly 2taiko news, but Yumi has now joined Alison in her Glasgow band, Painted X-Ray. With two recent Glasgow gigs under our belts, we’re looking forward to more, hopefully in France next summer.
Category: performances
Montréal days
Now we’re spending more time together, rehearsing and performing with Painted X-Ray, it got us reminiscing about our early days playing together in Montréal. We started playing together just before the tsunami in Japan, in March 2011, and our first gigs were wee ten-minute slots at benefit concerts and events to raise money for the
2taiko back in action / 2taiko a repris ses activités
At last! After the forced interlude caused by lockdowns and Alison acquiring a head injury, 2taiko have resumed gigging again. Firstly, we played at a Japanese festival in the beautiful alpine town of Saint-Gervais, to celebrate the twinning of Saint-Gervais with Yamanouchi in Japan: Saint-Gervais sous les Sakuras * photos to follow * We followed
European mini-tour
Finalement 2taiko va jouer ensemble encore! On a deux petits spectacles bientot – le première à Bruxelles au fin du Juillet et le deuxième dans des Alpes françaises. Si vous êtes tout près venez nous voir 🙂 // Finally 2taiko will play together again! We’ve two wee gigs coming up – the first in Brussels
Spirit of the Dragon
2taiko have been invited to perform a short set in Aber Taiko‘s annual concert at Taliesin Theatre in Swansea, South Wales, on March 24th. Aber Taiko are a community taiko group based in Swansea, and Alison has been teaching them the Fukui style of taiko for the last couple of years. Aber Taiko play several
European Taiko Conference (ETC2)
2taiko went to the second European Taiko Conference and it was a totally amazing weekend. So many good workshops and discussions, such a variety of powerful and moving taiko performances, such a friendly open atmosphere, such great folk, all night discussions and some legendary drinking games… Despite being introduced to the joys of ‘Taiko Uno’