Uri Nakayama (中山 うり, Nakayama Uri, born January 9, 1981) is a female singer-songwriter and hairdresser in *an.

Contents

• 1 Musical characteristics
• 2 Discography
  • 2.1 Singles
  • 2.2 Studio albums
  • 2.3 Concert DVDs
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Musical characteristics

Nakayama, in addition to singing, plays the accordion, trumpet, and guitar. When performing live, she is usually accompanied by four supporting members playing guitar, b*, drums and percussion. Additional support members playing trumpet, saxophone, trombone, tuba, and violin join the band during live tours and rock festivals.

Nakayama's music is a blend of world accordion music, Gypsy Jazz, Musette, and Tango. She sings with a low, warm, smooth and soft voice.Her CDs are categorized as J-pop in CD shops, and as jazz by iTunes in *an.

Most of Nakayama's lyrics are in *anese; a few songs are instrumental or feature scat singing. Her lyrics frequently evoke nostalgic scenes, festivals, harbor towns, and sunsets as lyrical motifs. She sings some cover versions of *anese folk music, which are thought to have influenced her original works.

Discography

Singles

• 2008: "Yuyakezora ni Matenrou" (夕焼け空に摩天楼, Skyscraper in Sunset) – Did not chart.
• 2009: "Wonderful" (ワンダフル, Wandafuru) – Did not chart.

Studio albums

• 2006: Uri Nakayama-EP (EP, iTunes release only)
• 2006: Moons, Stars, and Dreams (Live album, iTunes release only)
• 2007: DoReMiFa – peaked at No. 137.
• 2007: Etranger (エトランゼ, Etoranze) – peaked at No. 196.
• 2008: Natsu-Matsuri Azayaka ni (夏祭り鮮やかに) (extended play) – peaked at No. 279.
• 2008: Que Sera (ケセラ, Ke Sera) – peaked at No. 137.
• 2010: 7 Colors (セブンカラーズ, Seben Karāzu) (Cover album)
• 2011: Viva – released February 16, 2011

Concert DVDs

• 2009: LE TOUR DE QUESERA 2008

References

External links

• Official site (in *anese)