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Haruomi Hosono's Swan Song
Haruomi Hosono in Tokyo.
##### The Japanese singer, whose eclectic musical career has influenced artists from David Bowie to Sofia Coppola, returns with his first album in seven years
By Spike Carter
“I am now 78 years old,” Haruomi Hosono said earlier this year, in a statement announcing his 23rd studio LP, _Yours Sincerely,_ “but from here on, I feel a growing curiosity toward the unknown music that my new self will create, while also embracing the music of my former self—as if I now carry two musical worlds within me.” The title for the album—Hosono’s first release of new music in more than seven years—is his attempt to render the Japanese-language expression _omoiyari_ in English. “I searched, but no word felt quite right. Each came close, yet carried a slightly different nuance.... I turned to a more familiar word often used to close a letter: ‘Sincerely.’” READ ON
