Ginger Root is the project of multi-instrumentalist, producer, songwriter, and visual artist Cameron Lew, who's coming out with a new album later this year called Shinbangumi. He announced the record ...

Japanese music from the 1970s and '80s seems to be having a moment in the West right now. Take the latest album from The Weeknd, which samples the 1983 Tomoko Aran track, "Midnight Pretenders." ...