Chikuzen Satou
Sing Like Talking
is holding solo performance concerts every month. He is visiting each prefecture a month. Part of the profits is donated for stricken area of 3.11 earthquake. Members of Sing Like Talking are from Aomori prefecture. Besides,whena massive earthquake and tsunamis destroyed vast area of eastern Japan on March 11, 2011
, Chikuzen was in Sendai, one of the areas damaged badly. Since then, S.L.T. hosted aid concerts in Osaka and Tokyo,distributeda charity song recorded with percussionists from Senegal, took part in other charity events, and so on.
More than two years have passed, and still long way to go for reconstruction
. Chikuzen thought what he could do so that people keep the earthquake disaster and stricken areas and survivors in mind. And he decided to set on this journey. It's going to take about four years to visit all the 47 prefectures in Japan every month. Each concert is not in large scale. Even so, he hopes that a chain of hope and enthusiasm would come up if he keeps on what he can do
. The first stage was on Oct. 26
, in Aomori, his home town. The second stage is on Nov. 23
, in Miyazaki. To get tickets, you need to make a reservation by e-mail to the agency of S.L.T.