Author: kevinshintaku@gmail.com

This winter I will be traveling to Nairobi, Kenya. I’m surprised by how many people ask me why. Why not? The music, the animals, the people. If you had the opportunity wouldn’t you? I intend to learn as much cultural arts as I can to bring home to my students. I also intend to eat,…

This year’s haul is bigger and better than the last… I learned a lot from last year. Mostly not to overwater, and let nature do its thing. Though we had a dry year resulting, for me, in some smaller yields, but the natural process still left me with some beautifully balanced bulbs – some large…

It has been a long time since I have posted and basically the past couple of years have turned me into a bit of a hermit crab. With that, I haven’t been working on much solo music. This has been the year of long term projects. I’m excited to have partnered with Forest Beutel in…

My new EP: “Take the Man off the Summit has been released on Bandcamp, Spotify, and a number of other digital platforms. No plans to release on physical form as of yet as I am not a touring musician and I wouldn’t really have an outlet to sell albums anyway. I just create music because…

I released a new solo album today that can be streamed or purchased and downloaded at my bandcamp page kevinshintaku.bandcamp.com called “Somewhere between Spanaway and Puyallup”. Special thanks to Andy Yager, Emily Strong, Matt Price, and Alex Markey for their help in the production of the album. This multi-instrumental album continues in the same style…

Listen here I released this solo album back in April, and it was recorded in February. I play mostly harp and added lots of trombone, upright bass, drums, and clarinet. I am not sure why I started playing harp, and I’m not sure why it took me so long to post anything about it on…