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Hiromi Kanda

Reviewing Hiromi Kanda’s sophomore album, Days of Yesterday, the esteemed website All About Jazz called the Japanese-born performer an “exceptional vocalist” and noted that she “delivers a lyric with remarkable intimacy.” Prior to that, JazzTimes magazine raved about Kanda’s debut, Hiromi in Love, stating that she possessed a “solid voice” and comparing her to such giants as Linda Ronstadt, Marlene Dietrich and Astrud Gilberto. The Honolulu Star Bulletin, meanwhile, praised Hiromi’s “timeless beauty.” Since her emergence in the American market a decade ago, Hiromi Kanda has wowed audiences here with her innate ability to embody and reinvigorate the music of the bygone era that gave us the Great American Songbook

Seven Elegant Ballads

By Hiromi Kanda

Label: MusicGate Inc.
Released: 2020
Track listing: A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square; Moonlight in Vermont; Around the World; Days of Yesterday; Smile; Don't Blame Me; Twilight Tears

Days of Yesterday

By Hiromi Kanda

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2013
Track listing: Days of Yesterday; It Had to Be You; All of Me; Memories of You; I'm through With Love; Stella By Starlight; Twilight Tears; Our Love Is Here to Stay; You've Made a Dreamer Out of Me; Smile; Night and Day; I Love Paris.

Hiromi Kanda: Days of Yesterday

by Dan McClenaghan
October 16, 2013

Japanese-born and now Honolulu-based vocalist Hiromi Kanda had some success in her homeland with the beginnings of a singing career. After winning a talent contest, plans were made to turn Kanda into a sexy pop idol. She demurred. What Kanda wanted was a career as a singer/songwriter. And she loved the Great American Songbook, and artists ...

Hiromi in Love

By Hiromi Kanda

Label: Music Gate
Released: 2010
Track listing: That Old Feeling; Always Here for You; How Deep Is the Ocean; I'll Never Smile Again; Blue Love; Someone to Watch Over Me; My Funny Valentine; In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning; All the Way; When I Fall in Love; Cry; The Second Time Around; Unforgettable.

Hiromi Kanda Transforms the Great American Songbook

March 15, 2010

Hiromi Kanda doesn't just sing the standards, she embodies them. On her new album, Hiromi In Love-to be released March 16th on the Music Gate label -and the sensational videos that accompany the recordings, due April 13th on DVD, the stirring vocalist transforms each classic into a work of art. With an elegant visual style that ...