Minori Nagashima – serval DOG – interview: “After dropping out of middle school… that’s when I picked up the guitar”
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SKANK YOUR HEART OUT WITH TOKYO SKA PARADISE ORCHESTRA – EUROPEAN TOUR 2015 4th May 2015 Japan’s biggest ska group (in more ways than one) will be coming to London this July as part...
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