Brown rice is a culinary staple that does a body good. It was a belief in this ¡°vital food,¡± especially among Rastafarians, that gave the eight-piece Brown Rice Family its name. In fact, when asked how his group tries to psyche up a crowd, percussionist Yuichi Iida simply says, ¡°It¡¯s Brown Rice: high-fiber music.¡±
Brown Rice Family takes pride in getting its audience moving, whether its at a show in Tokyo or on the beaches of Kanagawa Prefecture. This weekend, though, it will take its Latin, dancehall and ska-infused sound to the Windblow Festival at Sagara Seaside Park in Shizuoka.
¡°We try to involve the crowds,¡± Iida says. ¡°We have dancers who go into the audience, and we also pull people from the crowd and dance with them on stage.¡±
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