Accessibility links

Shugo Tokumaru Shugo Tokumaru artist page: interviews, features and/or performances archived at NPR Music

Shugo Tokumaru

Subscribe to NPR's Up First Email

New Mix: Lana Del Rey, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Colin Stetson, Penguin Cafe, More

Clockwise from upper left: Lana Del Rey, The Penguin Cafe, Colin Stetson, Bonnie "Prince" Billy Courtesy of the artists hide caption

toggle caption

Courtesy of the artists

All Songs Considered

New Mix: Lana Del Rey, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Colin Stetson, Penguin Cafe, More

February 21, 2017 • A bonkers new song from Shugo Tokumaru helps wash away an unwelcome earworm, Lana Del Rey lauds (her?) youth, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy weirds out over love and Bob revisits an old favorite.

Favorite Sessions

Spellbound By Guitarist Shugo Tokumaru

KEXP

February 10, 2009 • Appearing with members of Beirut and The National, Shugo Tokumaru performed his first-ever studio session this past fall at KEXP. The Japanese guitarist spoke through a translator and played his eccentric style of experimental pop music.

Session Spotlight: Shugo Tokumaru Performs 'Vista'

World Cafe

Shugo Tokumaru: Unique Pop Experiments

WXPN

January 7, 2009 • Tokumaru is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Tokyo. With diverse tastes ranging from Brian Wilson to Sun Ra, he crafts arrangements that can come off like the work of Sufjan Stevens, complete with pop flourishes and wild freakouts.

Shugo Tokumaru: Unique Pop Experiments

Review

World Cafe

Shugo Tokumaru Provides An 'Exit'

WXPN

September 22, 2008 • Tokumaru is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Tokyo. With diverse tastes ranging from Brian Wilson to Sun Ra, he crafts arrangements that can come off like the work of Sufjan Stevens, complete with pop flourishes and wild freakouts.

Shugo Tokumaru Provides An 'Exit'

7:46

More from Shugo Tokumaru

Browse archive or search npr.org