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    • 2009, June 6th, Concert Solid'Air/David Duly Benefit Concert, THE FRENCH INSTITUTE, Kyoto
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    • 2008, MAY 3RD, Takatsuski Jazz fest 2008, JK BIRD, Tsuji Ichiro's Photos
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    • 2008, June 8th, BOSU RESTAURANT, Kamo, Kyoto
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    • 2007, May 3rd Takatsuski Jazz fest, JK BIRD'S BAR (Photos: ICHIRO TSUJI & others)
    • 2008, March, HI HI PECADOS, Yonago, Tottori Prefecture.
    • 2007, August 8th, JK CAFE Takatsuki City
    • 2007, February 14th, Valentine's Live: BOSU, Kamo, Kyoto
    • 2007, August, DIVE DINING BAR, Joyo City, Kyoto.
    • 2007, August, BOSU, Kamo, Kyoto
    • 2007, January 26th, McGLOUGLIN'S IRISH PUB, Kyoto (Photos: Jon Davis')
    • 2007, January 27th, McGLOUGHLIN'S IRISH PUB, Kyoto, (Fan Shots)
    • 2005 RIPE CD Published and Promoted, and Performed at JALT conference, Nara
    • 2002, August ONE OCEAN FESTIVAL, Kochi, Shikoku Island, Japan
    • 2006, March 26th, HOTSTAFF, Saidaji, Nara
    • 1999-2003, Monthly, Pagans Live at THE DUBLINER'S IRISH PUB, Osaka
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    • 2004, July 12th, Roman's Song "A Million Thanks," Sung at PARLIAMENT OF WORLD RELIGIONS, Barcelona, Spain.
    • 2006 Weekly & 2007 Monthly gigs at Gen Hamada's OWL'S NEST, Osaka
    • 1989 Fall, YONAGO BUNK HALL, Yonago, Tottori Prefecture.
    • 1963 ff. Inspiring Teacher's in My Lfie
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    • 2015, July 31st, LITTLE CLOVER, Namba, Osaka
    • 2015, July 17th, BLARNEY STONE, Shinsaibashi, Osaka
    • 2015, August 17th, LITTLE CLOVER: Namba, Osaka,
    • 2015, July 3rd, SLICES, Americamura, Osaka
    • 2015, June 13th, LITTLE CLOVER, Namba, Osaka
    • 2015, May 5th, TAKATSUKI JAZZ FESTIVAL, Osaka
    • 2015, April 25th, THE BLARNEY STONE, Shinsaibashi, Osaka (Photos by Tsuji Ichiro)
    • 2015 February 20th, THE BLARNEY STONE, Shinsaibashi, Osaka
  • Photos: 2022 -
    • Live at The Blarney Stone, Shinsaibashi, Osaka, 6th August 2022
    • July 30th , 2022 Shimamura Studio and El Gracias Music House, Moriguchi Osaka
    • El Gracias August 20th 2022
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    • 2015, July 25th at LITTLE CLOVER, Namba, Osaka
    • 1998-2015, VARIOUS SHOTS OF THE ORIGINAL BORN AGAIN PAGANS, Western Japan
    • 2014, December 19th, Winter Solstice at the BLARNEY STONE, Shinsaibashi Osaka
    • 2014, August at THE BLARNEY STONE, Shinsaibashi, Osaka (Photos Ichiro Tsuji)
    • 2014, May 3rd, Takatsuki Jazz Street Festival, at ROUTE 171, Takatsuki, Osaka.
    • 2013, July 1st, Fukuoka Now Canada Day, at TENJIN MONOLITH, Fukuoka, Japan
    • 2012, October 3rd, MURPHY'S IRISH PUB, Osaka
    • 2011, May 3rd, Takatsuki Jazz Street JK BIRD, Photos by Ichiro Tsuji
    • 2010, Remembering David Duly, at THE FRENCH INSTITUTE, Kyoto
    • 2010, May 3rd, Takatsuki Jazz Street at BILLIE'S BOUNCE, Takatsuki, Osaka
    • 2009, June 6th, Concert Solid'Air/David Duly Benefit Concert, THE FRENCH INSTITUTE, Kyoto
    • 2009 Takatsuki Jazz Fest, JK BIRD, Takatsuki, Osaka
    • 2008, MAY 3RD, Takatsuski Jazz fest 2008, JK BIRD, Tsuji Ichiro's Photos
    • 2009, December 31st, NARA CITY Count Down Live for 1300th Anniversary
    • 2008 DEC. 27TH, Solstice Live, BOSU RESTARUANT, Kamo, Kyoto
    • 2008, June 8th, BOSU RESTAURANT, Kamo, Kyoto
    • 2008, May 3rd. After the show: TAKATSUKI JAZZ FESTIVAL, Osaka
    • 2007, May 3rd Takatsuski Jazz fest, JK BIRD'S BAR (Photos: ICHIRO TSUJI & others)
    • 2008, March, HI HI PECADOS, Yonago, Tottori Prefecture.
    • 2007, August 8th, JK CAFE Takatsuki City
    • 2007, February 14th, Valentine's Live: BOSU, Kamo, Kyoto
    • 2007, August, DIVE DINING BAR, Joyo City, Kyoto.
    • 2007, August, BOSU, Kamo, Kyoto
    • 2007, January 26th, McGLOUGLIN'S IRISH PUB, Kyoto (Photos: Jon Davis')
    • 2007, January 27th, McGLOUGHLIN'S IRISH PUB, Kyoto, (Fan Shots)
    • 2005 RIPE CD Published and Promoted, and Performed at JALT conference, Nara
    • 2002, August ONE OCEAN FESTIVAL, Kochi, Shikoku Island, Japan
    • 2006, March 26th, HOTSTAFF, Saidaji, Nara
    • 1999-2003, Monthly, Pagans Live at THE DUBLINER'S IRISH PUB, Osaka
    • 2003, NOH THEATRE, Nara Park, & CAFE SANS SOUCI, Tomigaoka, Nara as The Shinto-Celts
    • 2004 August, JOHN ANGIER'S STUDIO, New York City. Photos: (c) John Angier
    • 2004, July 12th, Roman's Song "A Million Thanks," Sung at PARLIAMENT OF WORLD RELIGIONS, Barcelona, Spain.
    • 2006 Weekly & 2007 Monthly gigs at Gen Hamada's OWL'S NEST, Osaka
    • 1989 Fall, YONAGO BUNK HALL, Yonago, Tottori Prefecture.
    • 1963 ff. Inspiring Teacher's in My Lfie
    • 2004, February 7th, THE WARM GUN, Osaka
    • 1999-2015 Causes, Conferences, Hotels & Co-Nuptials (yes even weddings)
    • 2001, KOBE CLUB, Kobe
  • Photos 2015-2020
    • 2015, July 31st, LITTLE CLOVER, Namba, Osaka
    • 2015, July 17th, BLARNEY STONE, Shinsaibashi, Osaka
    • 2015, August 17th, LITTLE CLOVER: Namba, Osaka,
    • 2015, July 3rd, SLICES, Americamura, Osaka
    • 2015, June 13th, LITTLE CLOVER, Namba, Osaka
    • 2015, May 5th, TAKATSUKI JAZZ FESTIVAL, Osaka
    • 2015, April 25th, THE BLARNEY STONE, Shinsaibashi, Osaka (Photos by Tsuji Ichiro)
    • 2015 February 20th, THE BLARNEY STONE, Shinsaibashi, Osaka
  • Photos: 2022 -
    • Live at The Blarney Stone, Shinsaibashi, Osaka, 6th August 2022
    • July 30th , 2022 Shimamura Studio and El Gracias Music House, Moriguchi Osaka
    • El Gracias August 20th 2022
  • SHRINE
    • Shows
    • Shrine: World-Folk-Fusion
  • Shrine Photos
    • Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia February 17th, 2023
    • Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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NEWS FLASH:  Roman Rhodes will be playing with his other band SHRINE in Kuala Lumpur, February 16th, with Reika Kawakami on Cello, Fumihiko Sado on Violin, Nori-Shun Tsujimura on drums and of course vocals and guitar by Roman Rhodes.  The Pagans regular lives in Osaka will be cancelled at this time.  

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Welcome all to our new Born Again Pagans website, celebrating the release of our new (4th)  album: Rains 1   Check it out here, CDBaby, iTunes etc.  And we’re now on facebook too. 

Rains 1 although number VI is only the 2nd out in the Gods, Gates and Sweet Waters sextet, now in production.  Rains 1 is the natural follow up to the bar favorite Rivers and the critically acclaimed The Emergent Sea, called by IME “a feast for the ears, mind and spirit.”

 This time round Roman Rhodes goes to his singer-songwriter roots and pulls up a powerful mix of political, love and environmental themes in a unique blend of North Americana folk with Asian and African world sounds producing his own unique Alternative World Roots music.

Erhu master, Koba Takahashi adds his eerily and stunningly beautiful Chinese instrument to the mix along with the talented trumpet players and composers Christopher Fryman and John Hulaton.  New Pagan bass player Frank Daulton brings a whole new energy, magic and tightness to the band, while renowned jazz drummer Larry Ransome add subtle percussion with jembe and dunbek.  West Virginian string genius Tim Wiltshire once again is back hitting all his honeyed notes and soaring the album into the magic places with banjo, slide and lead guitars.  And the talented Chika Togashi's ethereal voice soothes the music's powerful edge like a gentle rain after the storm. 

Rains 1 is the Pagan's most powerful album yet. We look forward to Rains 2 by the end of the year.

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