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Join us this Sunday 12pm-6pm for our shop’s 3-Year Anniversary and Release Party for Speaking Brown (AGS-082). 12-5pm EP Bar Pop-upSage Creamery on the house @sagecreamery Highballs on the house @epbarwith resident DJsGrantbe.illAnelaKamaluWinzel 5-6pm Brother Noland release partyLive performance by @brothernolandFree and open to the public! Speaking Brown (AGS-082) is Brother Noland’s magnum opus, an essential album that paved the way for modern Hawaiian music. Official vinyl reissue available on black vinyl and limited maroon vinyl.

We're headed to Tokyo and Yokohama this month for two gigs: Greenroom Festival on Saturday, May 25th, and DJ BAR Bridge Shinjuku on Friday, May 24th. Big thanks to RUSH Production. Here's the details:  Friday, May 24thDJ BAR Bridge Shinjuku We’re making our debut at the renowned DJ BAR Bridge Shinjuku, going till 5am alongside residents Hiroshi Kawanabe and Yumi-cco.  In a city like Tokyo that accepts foreigners and locals alike, DJ BAR Bridge evokes emotion and excitement by expressing music that transcends the boundaries of genre with a new sensibility. Hiroshi Kawanabe is well known as the trackmaker of “Tokyo No.1 Soul Set”, and has brought...

Mark your calendars:Mike Lundy returns to the stage with his first live performance in six years, with a double headliner featuring Maryanne Ito. The event is free and family friendly — held on Friday, February 16th at the Capitol Modern in downtown Honolulu, from 6pm to 9pm.Yes—Mike Lundy, LIVE! 🎉And—with Maryanne Ito! 🥳 Joining Mike Lundy's band is Joelene, whose latest release on AGS is a collab 7-inch with Your Song Is Good. She'll provide the backing vocals on several of Mike's standout originals. Maryanne Ito's backing band includes two musicians from her Live At The Atherton album: Dae Han and...

Over the years, there's been a number of Aloha Got Soul events in Japan, the majority being held in Tokyo thanks to the help of our friends at Kakubarhythm. When we started thinking about what 2023 would look like for AGS in Japan, we reached out to Rush Production for assistance. The brothers behind Rush -- Yasushi and Fumi -- have for many years worked with Tommy Guerrero (we're big fans!), and after an introduction to Rush in early 2020 (pre-COVID) thanks to our friend Hashim Bharoocha, we felt we could count on Rush to create something special on behalf of Aloha Got Soul. So we...

Brother Noland and Aloha Got Soul are teaming up to celebrate the 40th anniversary of “Coconut Girl”, Hawaii’s first Jamaican crossover hit, with an evening of live music and community gathering at Ka Waiwai in Mō‘ili‘ili on Saturday, September 30th, 2023. RSVP now on Eventbrite → “Coconut Girl”, which introduced reggae music throughout the Hawaiian Islands upon its debut in 1983, has continued to speak to Hawai‘i’s people with an ever-evolving message that resonates with each generation. Even 40 years later, Brother Noland regards his first big hit as a way to move people. “As the song started to evolve, people...