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Shun Kikuta

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One of the top blues guitarist, Shun Kikuta's first acoustic solo album. In 2020 while his touring was limited by COVID 19, he decided to focus making an acoustic album. Total of eleven songs and eight of his own and other three are the well known covers. One of them features France's young blues ace, El Jose and recorded duo in France.

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iTunes Store • Blues TOP ALBUMS • Japan • TOP 1 • 9 May 2021 Apple Music • Blues Top Albums • China • TOP 5 • 29 Jul 2023 Apple Music • Blues Top Albums • Taiwan • TOP 5 • 2 Aug 2023 Apple Music • Blues Top Albums • Japan • TOP 28 • 12 Jul 2021

Chicago Midnight

iTunes Store • Blues TOP SONGS • Japan • TOP 3 • 11 Jan 2022 Apple Music • Blues Top Songs • China • TOP 145 • 5 Aug 2023 Apple Music • Blues Top Songs • Taiwan • TOP 176 • 2 Aug 2023

Blues ni koishite

iTunes Store • Blues TOP SONGS • Japan • TOP 2 • 11 Jan 2022

Stormy Monday

Apple Music • Blues Top Songs • Botswana • TOP 70 • 4 Nov 2022

People Get Ready

Apple Music • Blues Top Songs • Botswana • TOP 69 • 4 Nov 2022

One day is hot, one day is cold

Apple Music • Blues Top Songs • Korea, Republic of • TOP 121 • 28 Feb 2022

Artist Profile

  • Shun Kikuta

    "Shogun of the blues"
__ Asia Wall Street Journal (Hong Kong) 
"Shun Kikuta, an impressive young Japanese guitarist"
__ Living Blues (U.S.A) 
 Shun is an internationally renowned musician traveling around the world. Shun resided in Chicago, known as a home of blues, over two decades and he was a regular guitarist of Koko Taylor, "Queen of the blues" for nine years until her passing. He also was a long time member of 2010 Chicago Music Awards winning band J.W.Williams & Chi-Town Hustlers. Currently he focuses on his own group "Shun Kikuta Band" and "Blues Company". Performed with: B.B.King, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, Koko Taylor, Otis Rush, Bo Didley, Robert Lockwood Jr, Hubert Sumlin, James Cotton, Kenny Wayne Shepperd etc.. Recorded with: Koko Taylor "Old School"-Grammy Award nominated, Junior Wells, Otis Rush, Billy Branch, Eddie Shaw, Nellie"Tiger"Travis, etc.. 
 TV and movie appearance: "An evening with B.B.King" as a band leader and performed with B.B.King. "Kennedy Center Honors" to honor Morgan Freeman sharing a stage with Koko Taylor, Pinetop Perkins, Honey Boy Edwards and Willie "Big Eye" Smith. "Father and Sons", a part of the seven series of "THE BLUES" movie directed by Martin Scorsese, Clint Eastwood and 5 other directors. Performed on: Chicago Blues Festival, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Notodden Blues Festival(Norway), Japan Blues Festival, Jakarta International Blues Festival, Beijing Blues Festival etc... 
 Discography: Live In France (2020), Good Times Roll/Blues Project (2019), Blues Company (2018) , Rising Shun Plus (2018), Best of Shun's Blues (2013) and 12 leader/collaborated albums. Instructional materials: Lively Blues Guitar (CD+Book, 2017), Call & Response (DVD, 2014) and 6 other books and DVDs. Shun was on the cover and featured musician of BLUES BLAST MAGAZINE Dec 29th 2011 issue. 
 Besides performing, Shun teaches guitar, blues history and ensemble in regular basis through workshops and private lessons. Shun also is a music writer in last two decades. He has published his book "The World's Blues Alleys"(Rittor Music-Japanese) and has had his own articles on magazines and papers as well.

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