Kotaro Oshio

Kotaro Oshio is among a very couple of guitarists within the acoustic picture today who’s able to mix genres with family member ease. His genuine focus is at the new age group/easy-listening region, but there’s an excellent bit of mistake in that declaration. Oshio has left behind the original nylon strings of the common acoustic player and only metal strings with some tapping and open up tuning strategies. In past due 1999, Oshio released his debut recording on an unbiased label in Osaka, under no circumstances finding much publicity outside of the town. In the springtime of 2001, his sophomore work premiered — with relatively more achievement — resulting in contracts with tv shows for theme music, and a one-time unique television efficiency. In 2002, Oshio produced his debut efficiency in the Montreaux Jazz Event to unexpected acclaim to get a non-blues, non-jazz performer, and was ultimately asked to B.B. King’s jam program. In the next year, he came back for another single performance, aswell as starting for ZZ Best, cementing his cross-genre skills. Nov 2003 saw the discharge of his initial larger label discharge, Dramatic, on Narada.