Yama Warashi is a musical project formed by Bristol-based Japanese artist Yoshino Shigihara with an eclectic and changing group of band members. inspired by Japanese folk dance music, Bon Odori(盆踊り), free jazz and African music with a slice of electric psychedelia. Yoshino plays keyboard, percussions and sings songs in her mother tongue and English about mycelium, nuclear power staions and The Moon. Yama Warashi (山童) means a small child-like spirit which lives in the mountains <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Yama+Warashi">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.