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It’s a tune you know well, though you kinda need to be fluent in Japanese to sing it accurately. “The Real Folk Blues” is the jazzy number that closes out every episode of one of the greatest anime productions of all time, Cowboy Bebop.
Now composer Mason Lieberman has united talent from the video game and anime industries to create a new rendition of the iconic closing theme. Yoko Kanno and her band, the Seatbelts, are back, along with original cast members and other top-drawer talent (just check out the credits list at the end of this article — it’s a wonder). All proceeds from sales of The Real Folk Blues will go to support Doctors Without Borders and the CDC Founation’s COVID-19 response.
“This project grew out of the goal of creating something fun and beautiful with the huge number of available musicians who have been sidelined as COVID-19 shuts down our entire industry,”...
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