*** Welcome to piglix ***

Famureuta

Famureuta
Rimi Famure.jpg
EP by Rimi Natsukawa
Released October 22, 2003 (2003-10-22)
Recorded 2003
Genre J-pop, Shima uta, traditional
Length 29:58
Label Victor Entertainment
Rimi Natsukawa chronology
Sora no Keshiki
(2003)Sora no Keshiki2003
Famureuta
(2003)
Okinawa no Kaze
(2004)Okinawa no Kaze2004
Singles from Famureuta
  1. "Warabigami"
    Released: September 26, 2003

Famureuta (ファムレウタ~子守唄~, Yaeyama: Lullaby) is Rimi Natsukawa's second EP, released on October 22, 2003 (2003-10-22). It consists solely of recordings on lullabies. It is her second EP that solely features cover songs.

The title comes from the song "Famureuta" (ファムレウタ(子守唄), Lullaby), which featured on Natsukawa's debut album "Tida: Tida Kaji nu Umui." The album was preceded with the single "Warabigami (Yamatoguchi)" (童神~ヤマトグチ~, Little God), a standard Japanese version of the Misako Koja song she covered on her 2002 EP "Minamikaze." "Famureuta" featured as the B-side of this single. The version of "Warabigami" appearing on the single is not on the album, however, a re-arranged duet version with Misako Koja appears instead.

The songs are lullabies from around Asia. "Warabigami" and "Famureuta" are songs released by Okinawan musicians (Misako Koja, Parsha Club). Two are lullabies from other regions of Japan ("Chūgoku Chihō no Komoriuta," "Shimabara no Komoriuta"). The Chūgoku one is traditional, while the Shimabara one was written by Kohei Miyazaki in the 1950s (an popularised by enka singer Chiyoko Shimakura).

"Māmāhō" is a cover of "Mama Hao (媽媽好 Mama's the Best)," a song sung by Josephine Siao in the 1960 Chinese film Ku Er Liu Lang Ji (苦兒流浪記). "Ten no Komoriuta" is a cover of Mongolian singer Oyunaa's debut Japanese single of the same name, released in 1990. "Chājanga" is a cover of Jajangga (자장가 Lullaby), a traditional Korean lullaby.


...
Wikipedia

...