By
Dave Sumner
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July 21, 2021
In 2015, Japanese violinist Tomoko Omura decided to arrange 10 well-known Japanese songs—a mix of old folk songs and popular modern tunes—for performance as jazz pieces on an album she would title Roots
The Best Songs of March 2021: Lucy Dacus, Japanese Breakfast, Squid and more
Right on the heels of Paste’s picks for March 2021’s best albums, we’re back with the month’s best songs, somehow narrowing 31 days’ worth of new music down to just 15 must-hear tracks. Some, like black midi’s mind-bending “John L” or Japanese Breakfast’s irresistible appeal to kindness “Be Sweet,”