O'Jizo 是一支 Irish/Celtic 音乐乐队，这是他们的第五张全长专辑。距乐队首次将音乐带向北美等海外地区已过去十年，从美国西海岸音乐节起步，到加拿大 Goderich Celtic Roots Festival 及 Milwaukee 的大型 Celtic 音乐节，旅程一直延伸至爱尔兰。这张专辑凝聚了这十年间与众多艺术家结下的美好联结，共邀请九位客座音乐家参与，每首曲目都搭配不同的合作者。乐曲主要源自他们在旅途中采集的旋律以及合作艺术家的作品，让整张专辑浸透着旅途的气息。专辑标题“Wa”蕴含多重意涵：日语中的和平与和谐、一个圆、喜悦的惊叹，或“Wonderful Artists”的缩写，也呼应了与这些才华横溢的音乐家录音时不断发出的“Wow, amazing!”赞叹。O'Jizo, an Irish/Celtic music band featuring Kozo Toyota (Irish flute, tin whistle), Koji Nagao (guitar, mandolin), and Hirofumi Nakamura (accordion, bouzouki), presents their fifth full-length album.It has been 10 years since O'Jizo first expanded their music overseas, primarily to North America. Their international touring, which began at festivals on the U.S. West Coast, has grown even further since the Goderich Celtic Roots Festival in Canada in 2022. This journey has taken them to Dublin, Ohio, Milwaukee - one of the largest Celtic festivals in the U.S.- and all the way to Ireland.Born from a desire to capture the wonderful connections made with so many artists over the past decade, this album features a total of nine guest musicians, with different collaborators recorded on each track. The repertoire consists mainly of tunes encountered during their travels abroad and compositions by artists they have worked with, creating an album deeply steeped in the spirit of their journey.The title"Wa" carries multiple meanings: Japanese peace/harmony, a circle, an exclamation of joy ("Wa!"), or perhaps"Wonderful Artists." It might even represent the repeated exclamations of"Wow, amazing!" during the recording sessions with these brilliant guests.Guest Musicians:Brian Finnegan / WhistleEnda Scahill / BanjoClíona Halley / Concertina (Fiarock)Darragh Carey Kennedy / Banjo (Fiarock)Evan Powell / Piano (Fiarock)Nicolle Fig / Bodhran (Fiarock)Shannon Heaton / FluteMatt Heaton / Guitar & BouzoukiJake James / Fiddle