WASHINGTONWASHINGTON — As a boy, Jerome White Jr. often spent weekends at his grandparents’ house, where a melodramatic genre of Japanese music called enka would waft in the background. White’s ...

On Friday night several dozen people crowded into the dim basement of the Museum of the City of New York for a commemoration of one of the more fantastical moments in New York history. This summer ...

There are some days that Jero could definitely use a few clones. Ever since the enka singer made his debut in February, his life has been a daily whirlwind of promotional appearances, media interviews ...

Japan Society today announced the New York debut of breakthrough singer JERO on June 9, where he will discuss his unlikely path to stardom and perform his celebrated take on the traditional Japanese ...

A windy night, the whistle of the midnight train, and a bad breakup. Welcome to the world of "enka" (ballads), the music of suffering and lost love, jealousy and loneliness. Unchanging in an ...

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