KAJANG: Two containers in Semenyih, used for temporary storage, have been razed in a fire. Selangor Fire and Rescue Department assistant director Ahmad Mukhlis Mukhtar said the distress call was ...

A gang of robbers impersonating policemen broke into a house in Semenyih, Selangor recently and escaped with valuables, including cash and mobile phones. Read more at ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The work of Japanese folk singer-songwriter Ichiko Aoba is a bit like sakura in Japan. A key part of Japanese culture, the delicate nature of cherry blossoms blooming represents ...

Follow the coordinates in the title of the spellbinding second cut on Ichiko Aoba’s pristine new album — “24° 3′ 27.0″ N, 123° 47′ 7.5″ E” — and you’ll wind up at a lighthouse on the southernmost ...

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Singer-songwriter Ichiko Aoba still remembers a dream where she broke into pieces. “I was experiencing sleep paralysis. My mind was moving, but I couldn’t move my body,” she tells The Japan ...

On Luminescent Creatures, Aoba’s exquisite and entrancing eighth album, she and Umebayashi further broaden their horizons. It’s a sequel of sorts to Windswept Adan, taking its name from the ...

Japanese folk singer Ichiko Aoba released her eighth studio album, “Luminescent Creatures,” on Friday. Produced under Psychic Hotline and Aoba’s hermine labels, the album is a hypnotic wash of sound ...

On Feb. 28, Japanese folk artist Ichiko Aoba released the highly anticipated “Luminescent Creatures.” This effort comes after her lauded 2020 album “Windswept Adan” and the soundtrack to the film ...

The music of Ichiko Aoba traces the blurred borders between apparent opposites. On the Japanese guitarist and singer-songwriter’s new album, Luminescent Creatures, she sings often of dissolved ...

Japanese ambient folk singer/songwriter Ichiko Aoba is finding music in everything from the ocean to the stars and giving voice to the unseen, she tells Alan Pedder. Years ago, while staying in a ...

Aoba’s signature sound is decidedly sparse: many of her songs simply pair her serene, glass-like voice with skillful classical guitar – but the results are sublime. Whether in freezing concert ...