Aloha Got Soul was founded on record digging culture, with a specific focus on Hawaii's music from the 1970s and 80s — a fertile time of creative exploration in the islands, especially in non-Hawaiian music forms like jazz, R&B, rock, soul, and electronic music. Today, we champion new music and out-of-print rarities from Hawai‘i.
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Hawaiian Breaks 2020: DJ Muro digs the Aloha Got Soul catalog →
If you've been following AGS since day one — or if you've managed to dig through our blog post archives all the way back to the very first post ever made...
Disco Island Edits: Volume 2 comes ashore via NYC →
Today I'm happy to share with you the second installment in our Disco Island Edits series. The six tracks composing Volume 2 were pieced together with care by our crate-digging...
Revisiting the importance and influence of black music in Hawaii →
When I first started blogging in 2010, it was sparked by the surprisingly funky, soulful sounds heard on DJ Muro's Hawaiian Breaks mixtape. I'd never heard anything from Hawaii quite...
Making waves: Steve & Teresa's "Catching A Wave" now available on 7-inch vinyl and digital →
Steve and Teresa captivated Hawaii in the 1980s with their debut album, Catching A Wave, which showcased the duo's effortless style that blended jazz, Hawaiian, and hapa haole music. Now...
