From 1987 to 2011, Kodo sent this English quarterly publication to “Friends of Kodo” members and foreign supporters.
The Kodo Beat Back Issues
Vol. 96 2011 spring
- Kodo Beat Bids Farewell
- Kodo Close up: Johnny Wales, Kodo Beat Editor
- Messages from Former K.B. Staff
Vol. 95 2011 winter
- Unchanging Kodo – Reflections on Kodo’s 30th Birthday
- Notes from the Artistic Director, Mitsuru Ishizuka
- Mr Kodo turns 60!
Vol. 94 2010 autumn
- A Filetta’s Sado Impressions
- Kodo in Corsica
Vol. 93 2010 summer
- A Filetta: Sense one another, resonate, inflame, become one.
- Kaguyahime Opens in Paris
- Farewell Homma Sensei
Vol. 92 2010 spring
- Kodo School Workshop-Performances
- Michael De Roo, Conductor of Kaguyahime
Vol. 91 2010 winter
- Kaguyahime at the Opéra National de Paris
- Kodo Close-up: Shogo Yoshii, player
Vol. 90 2009 autumn
- Gnosis: Kodo’s Yoshie Sunahata Performs with Akram Khan
- Japanese Sashiko Textiles Exhibition in Great Britain
- KB Editor Johnny Wales’ Glimpses of EC ’09
Vol. 89 2009 summer
- KASA Workshop Tour 2009
- Kodo Close-up, Yoshie Sunahata
Vol. 88 2009 spring
- Kodo: In My Life for 30 Years
- Interview with Isabel González
Vol. 87 2009 winter
- From Monoprism Onward
- South American Tour
Vol. 86 2008 autumn
- Earth Celebration ’08 A Personal View
Vol. 85 2008 summer
- Kodo Villager’s Event
Our apologies, there was a mistake in Kodo Beat vol. 85 page four. The correct venue for the December Concert Series in Niigata is the Niigata Rytopia Concert Hall.
Vol. 84 2008 spring
- Kodo Has a Cow
- Yoko Fujimoto’s First Solo CD, Morisa Komorisa (Lullabies)
Vol. 83 2008 winter
- P.P.C. & cocon Tour
- Kodo Close-up, Kazuko Arai
Vol. 82 2007 autumn
- Reflections on EC ’07
- Yosuke Yamashita, Zakir Hussain, Kazuaki Tomita, Ryutaro Kaneko
Vol. 81 2007 summer
- The Sado Island Taiko Centre
- 20 Years of Earth Celebration
Vol. 80 2007 spring
- Compact Show in the Big AppleKodo performed at Joe’s Pub in Manhattan.
- Kodo Close-up, Ayako Onizawa
Vol. 79 2007 winter
- Capturing Taiko
- Kodo’s sound engineer Takuro Susaki talks.
Vol. 78 2006 autumn
- See ya round Kaoru
- After 9 years with Kodo, St. Louis-born Kaoru Watanabe is leaving…
Vol. 77 2006 summer
- Amaterasu
- Tamasaburo Bando & Kodo
Vol. 76 2006 spring
- European Tour 2006, A company Manager’s Tale
- Kodo Close-up, Masaru Tsuji
Vol. 75 2006 winter
- Amaterasu: Kodo’s 25th anniversary Commemorative Project Featureing Tamasaburo Bando
- Kodo Close-up, Kazunari Abe
Vol. 74 2005 autumn
- Earth Celebration 2005, Galician/Celtic Heat
Vol. 73 2005 summer
- prism rhythm: Home-made CD
- Kodo Close-up, Yasuhiko Ishihara
Vol. 72 2005 spring
- On the Road with Kodo
- Kodo Close-up, Toshiaki Negishi
Vol. 71 2005 winter
- On the Road with Ryutaro, Kaoru & Friends in Ireland, France & Spain
- Kodo Close-up, Masami Miyazaki
Vol. 70 2004 autumn
- EC 2004 …in the wake of Typhoon 15
- Kodo Close-up, Michiko Chida
Vol. 69 2004 summer
- 2004 KASA North America Workshop Tour
- Kodo Close-up, Mitsuru Ishizuka
Vol. 68 2004 spring
- Hideyuki Saito Takes the Helm
- Kodo Close-up, Tsugumi Yamanaka
Vol. 67 2004 winter
- Hanayui… a lighter touch
- Kodo Close-up, Yasuko Yamaguchi
Vol. 66 2003 autumn
- KASA/MIX Tour 2003
- Earth Celebration 2003
Vol. 65 2003 summer
- Less is More: The Soft Approach to Power Taiko
- Kodo and The Hero
Vol. 64 2003 spring
- Kabuki’s Tamasaburo Bando directs ‘Kodo One Earth Special’
- KASA North America Workshop Tour Report
Vol. 63 2003 winter
- KASA 2003 North America Workshop Tour
- Kodo Close-up, Kazuki Imagai
Vol. 62 2002 autumn
- One Earth Tour USA 2002 by Daniel Rosen
- Kodo Close-up, Tsubasa Hori
Vol. 61 2002 summer
- Spring Earth Celebration
- An Introduction to Kodo Arts Sphere America (KASA)
Vol. 60 2002 spring
- Kodo & the Forest – A walk in the woods of Kodo Village
- Kodo Close-up, Naomi Saito
Vol. 59 2002 winter
- Impressions of European Tour 2001
- Kodo Close-up, Sachiko Abe
Vol. 58 2001 autumn
- Earth Celebration 2001
- Mickey Hart Interview
Vol. 57 2001 summer
- Kodo’s Roots by Atsushi Sugano
- Kodo Close-up, Ryuji Sato
Vol. 56 2001 spring
- Kaoru Watanabe’s U.S. Tour 2001 Report
- USA Taiko and Voice Workshop Tour
Vol. 55 2001 winter
- What is Taiko? – Shawn Bender and his thoughts
- Kodo Close-up, Takeshi Arai
Vol. 54 2000 autumn
- 2000 autumnEarth Celebration 2000
- Kodo Close-up, Akira Nanjo
Vol. 53 2000 summer
- East meets east: Kodo in Korea and China
- Kodo Close-up, Shinichi Sogo
Vol. 52 2000 spring
- North American Tour 2000 Interviews by Daniel Rosen
Vol. 51 2000 winter
- Earth Celebration 1999 Milford Graves and Ryutaro Kaneko Interview
- Kodo Close-up, Kiyoko Oi
Vol. 50 1999 autumn
- Earth Celebration 1999 Huun-Huur-Tu Interview
Vol. 49 1999 summer
- Journey to Tuva
- Kodo Close-up, Tetsuro Naito