New CD

Carol Lem

New CD: Shadow of the Bamboo

From the CD listen to "Didn't They Tell You Stories?" mp3(978KB) / Windows Media(174KB)
Listen to "Sea of Spring" mp3(622KB) / Windows Media(112KB)
Praise for "Shadow of the Bamboo"

from Duet

Your sweet bamboo should come first,
I say, not verse. Let the ear settle
on falling leaves, let the listener drift
on a sea of riffs and feel the waves

of a distant bell as if the words emerge
from this mystery of sound and sense.
The flute should not be the background
for the poetry but the poetry itself...
as we make this CD together, while
the crosswinds of Li Po and Basho drift
through our mixed strains, two stories
one heart of bamboo.
Carol Lem

Praise for "Shadow of the Bamboo"

About the Performers

Carol Lem teaches creative writing and literature at East Los Angeles College. Her poems have been published in Asian Pacific American Journal, Blue Mesa Review, Cedar Hill Review, The Chrysalis Reader, Hawaii Pacific Review, The Illinois Review, Rattle, The Seattle Review, Solo, and others. Her books include Searchings, Grassroots, Don't Ask Why, The Hermit, The Hermit's Journey: Tarot Poems for Meditation, Moe (Remembrance), and Shadow of the Plum.
Masakazu Yoshizawa is a composer and an active studio musician for woodwinds, Japanese bamboo flute (shakuhachi), and percussion. Among his soundtrack recordings are Jurassic Park, The Joy Luck Club, Lost World, and Last Samurai . His CDs include Kyori, Sorin, Wakyo, Zen Garden, and Medeta. His worldwide tours, which include performances with his group, Kokin Gumi, are nationally televised in Japan. Visit his website at www.kokingumi.com