Music | JAZZ NOTES Feb 17, 2015
In praise of Michiyo Yagi: Keeping the koto contemporary
by Frank Spignese
Koto player Michiyo Yagi is a national treasure like no other. Why she isn't the most famous musician in all of Japan blows my feeble mind. She's a Japanese woman playing the koto — the most Japanese of Japanese musical instruments. She's part of an ...