Kishi Bashi Uses The History Of Japanese Internment To Explore America Today Enlarge this image toggle caption Max Ritter/Courtesy of the artist Max Ritter/Courtesy of the artist Kishi Bashi's "Summer of '42" is a love song inspired by and set in one of the darker chapters of American history: the internment of Japanese-Americans after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. "Summer …
Kishi Bashi's 'Omoiyari' Fosters Compassion Enlarge this image toggle caption Max Ritter/Courtesy of the artist Max Ritter/Courtesy of the artist Note: NPR's First Listen audio comes down after the album is released. Still, Omoiyari's power lies in the way it filters those grand themes through small and tender personal anecdotes: "Summer of '42" takes on greater meaning amid the context …
Kishi Bashi Returns With Stirring Remembrance Of Japanese Internment Camps YouTube In 1942, people were forced from their homes and sent to prison camps without trial, only because of their ethnicity and heritage. The internment of Japanese Americans is the subject of Kishi Bashi's newest music, an album called Omoiyari and this song, "Summer of '42." Kishi Bashi wrote to …
