Saturday, June 14, 2003

>> Brazil’s Banda Tontonmi

I received a very cool email (they used a screenshot of my personal weblog site set on an Apple iCard) from Tiemi of the group Tontonmi (Brazil). They have a very cute site up with bios of each member as well as a history of the band which I believe was originally created by China Sadao (the sensei for the group I belong to called Nidaime Teishinkai Hawaii Shibu). The original group as I know it was made up of three female singers from Brazil and released a CD album called “Saudade de Uchina” several years ago. Banda Tontonmi seems to be an evolution of this trio which now consists of six members: Alexandre, Cristiane, Mayumi, Harumi, Tiemi, and Fabio. Nifee for the email Tiemi and I can’t wait to hear your group’s music!