Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1950
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Kitatsugaru-gun Tōkyō-mura
- Kodomo no koro boku wa, yūtōsei datta
- Kita-tsuruga-gun Tōkyōmura
- Otōsan ga mita umi
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Japan
- Active from
- 1950
Discography
- 三上寛の世界1971
- 1972／コンサートライブ零狐徒1972
- ひらく夢などあるじゃなし1972
- 三上寛のひとりごと1972
- 船頭小唄：三上寛えん歌の世界1973
- BANG!1974
- 寛：言葉・ナンセンス・人間1975
- 青い炎1975
- 夕焼けの記憶から・青森ライブ1977
- 負ける時もあるだろう1978
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 9,096
- Total plays
- 200,081
Tags
bluesjapanesefolkAvant-Gardeacid folk
Kan Mikami (三上寛) takes much of his inspiration from the school of singer/songwriters and blues vocalists. From the rural district of Tsugaru, Mikami's parched voice and plaintive electric guitar (sometimes the only backing) reveals the true spirit of the folkish sad blues, even though he sings in Japanese. Of course, comparisons to Muddy Waters or Howlin' Wolf are just as far from the truth as Bertolt Brecht or Jacques Brel, but the guitarist weaves elements of all of them to create an undeniabl
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of birth
- Kodomari
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Instrument
- voice
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1950-03-20
- name in kana
- みかみ かん
- name in native language
- 三上寛
- start of work period
- 1971-00-00
- social media followers
- 3048
Sources (3)
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