Junji Shirota

Junji Shirota

Junji has been performing professionally since 1973 having first specialised in Bluegrass music in Japan, fusing elements of Japanese and bluegrass music along the way. He moved to the United States in 1986 and discovered Irish traditional music there. In 1996, he formed the group "Jody's Heaven' and toured and recorded for the remainder of that decade. He has toured and recorded with a host of international Irish traditional Irish musicians.