Justin Nozuka Comes To Terms With His Music, Fans And Family

Check out this pretty deep and introspective interview with Justin from RockStar Weekly.  Listen to Justin as he reflects on himself, his emotions and how it affects his songwriting and singing, his relationship with the fans, his family, turning down a major label recording contract, his influences, and the things that inspire him!

p.s. After listening to the interview, check out Max Topplin’s beautiful photography @ http://maxtopplinphotography.com

Camloot.com caught up with Justin at his HOB Houston show. Watch as Justin talks about the origins of his last name, the influence of Lauryn Hill’s “Miseducation” album, the evolution from Holly to YIWLAS, the story behind “Soulless Man” and the Jenny character, and meeting Stevie Wonder (!).

p.s. don’t mind the last irrelevant question ;)

First Stevie and now Mary J.!  Justin will be opening for Mary J. Blige at the AVO Session in Basel on October 29^th.  More from justinnozuka.com:

Justin will be performing October 29th, opening for the legendary Mary J. Blige.

“This exceptionally talented Japanese-American already sang his way into the hearts of music critics with his first songs at the tender age of 19. He gives proof of his enormous musical diversity on his new album You I Wind Land And Sea.”

All concerts will begin at 8pm. All concerts will take place in the festival hall of the Basel Fair. Further information is available at www.avo.ch. All of the concerts will be recorded by Swiss Television (SF) and will be broadcasted, sometimes live, on up to forty TV channels on five continents.

Advance ticket sales: Starting on 1 September (approx. 8.00am) at www.avo.ch and at all Ticketcorner locations or at www.ticketcorner.com, Tel.: (+41) 0900 800 800 (CHF 1.19/min.). For further information: www.avo.ch / avosession@sessionbasel.ch

“I think spirit is part of reality and life is magical.”

WatchMojo interviews Justin about the beginning of his music career, the transition from Holly to YIWLAS, opening for Stevie and spirituality.

This may be old news already, but it had to be posted and documented!  It’s funny – his description of meeting Stevie is very similar to what we say when we meet Justin! Am I right? :)  Beautiful people in these photographs, and very well deserved for such a hard-working band.

From justinnozuka.com:

Justin had one of his dreams come true this past weekend when he opened for Stevie Wonder in Nimes, France.

Justin said of the experience “It was like floating on air for 2 minutes… so calm, and uplifting! What a beautiful human being. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.”