Noodle Connection

Saturday, July 30, 8:00 pm

A pan-Asian stir-fry of music, memories and more featuring Kokuho Rose Prohibited and Inalienable Rice Revisited.

Joyce Chong: vocals
Sean Gunn: bass
John Endo Greenaway: guitar
Linda Uyehara Hoffman: vocals
Rick Shiomi: mandolin

Kokuho Rose Prohibited was formed in 1977 by a group of Japanese and Chinese Canadians with a shared love of folk and blues music. It was a seminal period for Asian Canadian culture and cross-pollination was rife. Shakuhachi master Takeo Yamashiro co-founded Tonari Gumi. Mandolin player Rick Shiomi coordinated the inaugural Powell Street Festival in 1977. He, along with Linda Uyehara Hoffman, Sean Gunn and others, edited Inalienable Rice, a Chinese & Japanese Canadian Anthology, featuring many important artists including Terry Watada, Joy Kogawa, the late Jim Wong Chu, Tamio Wakayama, and Roy Kiyooka. John Endo Greenaway later became the longest serving editor of The Bulletin, a Journal of Japanese Canadian Community, History and Culture. Members of the group went on to found Katari Taiko, Canada’s first taiko group, and a number of other taiko groups across North America. Noodle Connection reunites five members of the band for an intimate evening of memories shared through songs, stories, poetry, visuals, special guests, and of course food.