EN—Volume One is the collaboration between singer-songwriter Peter Gallway and acclaimed Japanese guitarist Yoshiyuki Sahashi, featuring guest appearances by legendary Japanese artists and studio musicians, recorded in Tokyo, and released on Vivid Sound Records in April 2025.
After the amazing experience of recording the new album with Yoshiyuki Sahashi in Tokyo in November, including special guests Haruomi Hosono, Akiko Yano, Takeo Onuki, and Takako Matsu, the release is set for April on Vivid Sound and I will return for a tour with the full Japanese band in June. The album is entitled, “EN–Volume One”. So excited. Meanwhile, “Laura–The Music of Laura Nyro” was released worldwide on Gallway Bay Music in January 2025 after the fall release on Vivid Sound in Japan, and the reception has been terrific. So happy to celebrate my friend Laura, whose music has...
I am thrilled about my upcoming trip to Japan on 15 November to record a new collaborative album with my longtime friend, Tokyo-based guitarist Yoshiyuki Sahashi. Sahash has assembled a stellar cast of Japanese musicians that will include Akiko Yano, Haruomi Hosono, Taeko Ohnuki, and a host of others. This brings together all of my experience and friendships made over many years of touring and producing in Japan. Stay tuned for more details.
I am pleased to announce the release of Laura–The Music of Laura Nyro, coming in May 2024. Laura was an inspiration, a colleague, and a friend, gone too soon. From the liner notes: “I met Laura when The Fifth Avenue Band opened a series of concerts for her around the time of our album release in 1969. Her shows were breathtaking, with Laura sitting alone at a grand piano, bathed in purple light, flowers on the piano, a flower in her hair. She and I became friends, and I, of course, fell in love with her. Everyone did. She and...