河名伸江 [Nobue Kawana] - のぶえの海 [Nobue No Umi]

Genre - Singer/Songwriter, Folk Pop Year Released - 1975 Artist’s Description as Found on lastfm website: These are the recordings of a young Japanese teen by the name of Nobue Kawana. Living in coastal Japan she romanticized her own life- by writing songs about her love for the sea, and love itself. Her childhood best friend, Keiko Saitou, recounts: “I met her first when I was 16. I would go over to her house all the time to sing and record music onto cassette tapes. She had perfect pitch and could play any instrument she touched- violin, guitar, and composition as well. I would harmonize with her, and play piano, as well as help with lyrics. My parents greatly disapproved of our friendship, they would scold me for not applying my every second to my studies. But I still spent much of my time practicing my abilities in songwriting and going over to her house to play. She was fashionable and influential to her friends in a positive sense. Despite a sickness that had wrecked her hea