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Harry’s Music Store Closing, Reopening
Harry’s Music Store has given the greatest gift to Hawaii that any business ever could: the gift of music. The now closed and soon re-opening shop offers instruments, sheet music, vinyl records, CDs, cassettes, song books, and some of the island’s most knowledgeable and influential musicians and tastemakers. Continue reading
Introducing the Pupu Mix by Aloha Got Soul x Fitted (free mixtape)
Aloha kakou! I know you’re hungry to hear the forthcoming mixtape by Aloha Got Soul and Fitted. I know you’re curious about the details, the music, the limited tee. You can’t wait for one of the biggest releases of 2012 to drop. Neither can we. Introducing the Pupu Mix by Aloha Got Soul and Fitted.
The Glass Candle Band: Surviving the Test of Time
Time is a fragile thing. Each year melts away faster than the last. For musicians, recording a song is the single greatest tactic to beat the effects of time. Luckily for Glass Candle, their music lives on. Continue reading
Legendary Hawaiian Funk: Lemuria and “Hunk of Heaven”
My excitement for Aloha Got Soul shot to new levels this weekend after learning that Funk and Soul DJ Craig Charles broadcast those three precious words—aloha got soul—to the eager ears of thousands of music fans worldwide on BBC Radio 6. Continue reading
Fitted Hawaii: Keeping it Homegrown
Three key strategies make Fitted a world renonwed and respected brand: Keep it Local. Keep it Limited. Collaborate Often. Here’s a quick look at what makes the Hawaii streetwear company so successful. Continue reading
Digging in Hawaii: Bailey’s Antiques and Aloha Shirts
I took a day off to hunt for records with a few members of the Fitted team to go digging in Hawaii at Bailey’s Antiques and Aloha Shirts. Oh, and I spill more details about the upcoming Fitted x Aloha Got Soul project. Continue reading
Aloha Got Soul Served Daily: Announcing the Fitted Collaboration
Seventies and eighties funk-soul music is pretty obscure. My friends tell me that once you add Hawaiian into the mix, you’ve launched yourself into near nonexistence. That’s about to change. Continue reading
