Better Late Than Never: Shizuka Kudoh "Aoi Hono"

 I don’t know HOW CD Japan’s artist alerts as supposed to work, but no matter how many times I check off the artists I want to keep track of, the only news they send are of stuff I have no interest in, and I am continually finding I have missed releases of artists I CARE about.
It happened before with Nishida Hikaru, Matsutoya Yumi, and now I find I missed a new Shizuka Kudo CD that came out in March. Fortunately I noticed it in taime to order it while they still had it in stock, but of course the first pressing bonus goods were LONG gone...

Fortunately it was well worth the wait as Aoi Hono continues Shizuka's string of awesome releases, this one yet another Miyuki Nakajima themed album (along with her previous "My Precious" and "My Treasure" releases)!! As some of you may know, Nakajima was the writer behind most of Kudoh's biggest hits, and it seems the tradition continues!