Petty Booka

Petty Booka embraced musical multiculturalism with a fervor and ingenuity matched by few of their peers; a female duo formed in Tokyo, their records initially reinterpreted contemporary pop via traditional Hawaiian ukulele arrangements, but over time the twosome also tackled bluegrass, jazz, and even punk. Satomi Asano ("Petty") and Miyuki Matsubara ("Booka") first teamed during the early '90s as members of the similarly eclectic Japanese garage punk band Flamenco a-Go-Go before founding Petty Booka in 1995; their debut LP, Toconut's Hawaii, featured covers of everything from ...