Music plays an important role in Haruki Murakamis work. Readers come across countless references to artist and songs and the title of the book 'Norwegian Wood' is a reminisence of a Beatels song. No wonder is Mr Murakami known to own a vast collection of thousands of (Jazz) records.

Not only are Murkamis books influenced by music they also seem to inspire musicians. Some examples are to be found on this page.

More submissions are welcome. Another idea of this music-section is to list artists and songs appearing in his stories. Submissions in this respect will gladly be published on murakami.ch