There are some days that Jero could definitely use a few clones. Ever since the enka singer made his debut in February, his life has been a daily whirlwind of promotional appearances, media interviews ...

Jerome White is an IT professional from Pittsburgh who lives the life of a celebrity in Japan, where he has single-handedly revived Japan’s version of the oldies. “Enka” is described as country or ...

WASHINGTONWASHINGTON — As a boy, Jerome White Jr. often spent weekends at his grandparents’ house, where a melodramatic genre of Japanese music called enka would waft in the background. White’s ...

Japan Society today announced the New York debut of breakthrough singer JERO on June 9, where he will discuss his unlikely path to stardom and perform his celebrated take on the traditional Japanese ...

As a boy, Jerome White Jr often spent weekends at his grandparents’ house, where a melodramatic genre of Japanese music called enka would waft in the background. White’s Japanese grandmother, Takiko, ...

Reporting from Tokyo — — Looking back, says the pop singer called Jero, the songs were a soundtrack to his childhood, the strange and sorrowful melodies enjoyed by his Japanese-born grandmother — ...

The world of "enka" ballads has been set on its ear with the historic debut of Jero, a 26-year-old black American from Pittsburgh whose sole passion since he was a child was to make the big time in ...

Even though enka star Saburo Kitajima announced his retirement from NHK's annual "Kohaku Uta Gassen" music program last year, and U.S. singer Jero has seemingly moved into R&B, don't count enka out of ...

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