Kaoru Ishibashi is a violin-playing songwriter and arranger who leads the band Kishi Bashi. After studying scoring at Berklee College of Music, he played as a sideman with Regina Spektor and Of Montreal. He formed Kishi Bashi in 2011, and the band has taken on many forms since then. His last album was made up of songs from the band's catalog rerecorded with a string quartet.
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Kishi Bashi On World Cafe
The newest version of Kaoru Ishibashi's band is major '70s fun in the World Cafe studio. Hear the session and watch a video of "Say Yeah."
