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耳​な​し​芳 (Earless)

by Black Phillip (ode to the Biwa Hōshis of Japan)

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耳なし芳 (Earless) 07:54
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Photo Credit: SheerHeart
Composed and Mastered by Black Phillip

耳なし芳 (Earless) is about the Biwa Hōshis. They are Japanese traveling performers, called “lute priests”, who earned a living by reciting epic war poems and playing the biwa as accompaniment. They were often blind, shaved their heads, and wore the robes of Buddhist monks...

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released April 28, 2020

All proceeds from sales will go to the Lynti Khasi School of Umsawwar – a small remote village of farmers & shepherds located in Meghalaya, Northeast India- to help better its infrastructure and much more including funding the higher studies of the pass-outs of Lynti Khasi School. The Lynti Khasi School, with its bare basic facilities, is trying really hard not only to educate the children of Umsawwar but to also strike a balance between education & the centuries-old traditional livelihood of the community where the children help their parents in the daily chores of rearing and farming.

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