Composer, violinist and bandleader Kishi Bashi may be the most famous multi-instrumentalist you’ve never heard of. Since releasing his debut album 151a in 2021, he’s made a career out of unexpected ...

Composer Kaoru Ishibashi, who performs under the name Kishi Bashi, is as musically eclectic as it gets: He’s studied film scoring at Berklee, he’s played jazz and classical violin, he’s toured with ...

Early in Kishi Bashi’s set at the inaugural LAVA Music Festival, the violinist and songwriter turned to his banjo player and asked for an “A.” He was greeted by an enthusiastic “HEY!” from the young ...

Kaoru Ishibashi (aka Kishi Bashi) came straight out of Berklee with a degree in film scoring and went right into performing, first with Barnum’s Kaleidoscape and then with his own group, Jupiter One.

Whether Kishi Bashi is composing new music or performing it on stage, he is open to improvisation and imperfection. This might explain why he’s not afraid to release albums that experiment with genre ...

When Kishi Bashi plays the House of Blues on Saturday, it will be the indie rock violin player’s fifth time in New Orleans in three years and his fifth different venue. He already has played The ...

On this episode of Basic Folk, folk singer Lizzie No hosts the podcast and interviews renowned violinist, singer, and multi-instrumentalist Kaoru Ishibashi, also known as Kishi Bashi. What ensues is a ...

“Omoiyari is a genre breaking, artistic exploration that fuses history, music, and the complexities of the human condition,” according to a release from MTV Documentary Films. The documentary directed ...

Welcome to Emerging Artists Spotlight, a new Billboard series where we highlight a musician who has recently made his or her debut on the Emerging Artists chart. By Kirsten Spruch Welcome to Emerging ...

You don't need a rockin' band to convey a song, says multi-instrumentalist Kishi Bashi. "If you have a solid song, it doesn't really matter what the instrumentation is," he says in a recent phone ...

Kishi Bashi consistently finds new inspirations and soundscapes. The indie pop/electronic multi-instrumentalist's most recent album, "Sonderlust," is, like his other records, a mash-up of classical, ...