Best Tahitian Music
As teenagers, Ledward and his twin brother Nedward Ka'apana and cousin Dennis Pavao formed the Hui 'Ohana, one of the hottest groups of the 70s and 80s and now legendary among Hawaiian musicians.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Good deal for my #1 Hawaiian music group."
"I've heard this CD on the radio, but "in person"....wow."
"And if you are ever on the Big Island, while Kalapana has been pretty much wiped out by Madame Pele, the end of the road now features more great Hawaiian music from more local musicians playing often at Uncle's Kava Bar - see you there!"
"They recently reissued the group's first five albums on CD, and I'm not sure if it's because the masters don't exist, but I'd rather listen to the vinyl, which is superior sounding."
"This is some down home, funky falsetto, get with the poke and poi action traditional Hawaiian fare from DEEEEEEP in Hawaii (back when sweet 'ole Kalapana and Kaimu were still above the lava - auwe!)."
"It was a treat for us to enjoy watching this group do these same songs live on the Big Island when they first got started."
..............THE TIKI TIKI TIKI ROOM-----ELFENCHOR from DIE RHEINNIXEN-----LET'S ALL SING LIKE THE BIRDIES SING------HAWAIIAN WAR CHANT-----HEIGH HO-------JUNGLE CRUISE NARRATION------ADVENTURELAND SUITE.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Side B is a dramatized ride thru of the "Jungle Cruise" attraction at Disneyland including sound effects, narrated by Thurl Ravenscroft."
Hui 'Ohana is one of the most significant groups in Hawaiian music history and played a major role in the Hawaiian Music Renaissance of the 1970s.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Dad bought the 8-track "Ono" as a random last minute purchase before we left Hawaii 30 years ago and then played it every day for the next year."
"KAULANA NA PUA is a song I had in my collection that I really liked, so based on that one song I purchased this album figuring that I would get more of the same."
"Awesome!"
"Beautiful music."
"they best captured the harmony of Hawaiian music of my generation and imho, this is their best effort by far."
Best Hawaiian Music
Most touching are the string-backed laments that open and close the album, "Hawai'i '78 Introduction" and "Hawai'i '78," initially a reflection on his father's death, later on the passing of Hawaii's native culture. Best known is his medley "Somewhere over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World," which played over the closing credits of the film Meet Joe Black .
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I stumbled across Israel while I was looking for a copy of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and when I sampled it I said to myself "yes, this voice is from somewhere over the rainbow" The combination of his voice with his ukulele is simple in content yet profoundly deep and resonant in it's spirit."
"Terrific music."
"No problems or complaints."
"Excellent product as advertised."
"Purchased as gift."
"Love this CD it's beautiful music."
"Izzi combines traditional with modern songs on this album."
"I only like one song on it."
Best Polynesian Music
Indulge in total relaxation as the warm, inviting voices of a Fijian choir harmonize with the soothing sound of ocean surf.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"pretty & the ocean sounds are very clear."
"Pleasantly relaxing, even though I usually dont look to any music that has vocals through out in terms of music to relax to."
"The combination of ocean waves and beautiful female vocals (in another language) is awesome."
"Great!"
"This CD is very relaxing & the music is beautiful along with the nature sounds."
"soothing and relaxing - excellent to go to sleep to - peaceful and serene all the way through."
"It was very hard to hear the music because of the sound of the ocean -- I played it in my Yoga class. and did not like so much of the ocean sound with the music muffled in the background."
Best American Samoan Music
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Find Best Price at Amazon"No review - this is my 5th copy of this DVD from Amazon....."
"Mom went to Samoa in 1959 and brought this album record with all these beautiful songs. My mother would play her record every morning before I left for school, and she would always say to me in Samoan "ia sau loa si o'u tama e siva muamua ona e alu lea ile aoga" meaning that she would always want me to samoan dance for her before I went to school. One thing I'll keep doing for mom is when I get this cd I am going to dance for her every morning and that way she can keep smiling down on me and my family."
"GROWING UP AS A SAMOAN CHILD IN WYOMING, THERE WEREN'T MANY SAMOAN THINGS TO DO EXCEPT LIVE HAPPY AND BLAST YOUR ROOTS MUSIC LOUD SO THE WHOLE WORLD KNOWS YOU'RE "SAMOAN", AND DAMN PROUD!"
"All the songs in this album help you to remember the life back home.Is like listenig again to the 2AP(AM Station in W.Samoa) A must have collection for any Samoans, even the whole family can enjoy it."