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Absolutely Mackey: a mix to honor Mackey Feary (and the Facebook Group dedicated to the singer)

Absolutely Mackey: a mix to honor Mackey Feary ...

The power of user-generated community and content is amazing. Inspiring. Profound, even. In 2011, not long after starting this blog, I decided to "embark" on the beginnings of what would...

Absolutely Mackey: a mix to honor Mackey Feary ...

The power of user-generated community and content is amazing. Inspiring. Profound, even. In 2011, not long after starting this blog, I decided to "embark" on the beginnings of what would...

May Day is Waive Day is Lei Day

May Day is Waive Day is Lei Day

Not sure if the title of this post made much sense, but there's two major happenings that take place this Friday, May 1st. For starters — Bandcamp is waiving its...

May Day is Waive Day is Lei Day

Not sure if the title of this post made much sense, but there's two major happenings that take place this Friday, May 1st. For starters — Bandcamp is waiving its...

Islands Reflected: A collage of found footage from Hawaii (new episodes weekly)

Islands Reflected: A collage of found footage f...

Debuting Sunday on Public Access, the community broadcasting platform created by Public Records NYC, is a new archival project we've embarked on: Islands Reflected. The concept is to compile archival...

Islands Reflected: A collage of found footage f...

Debuting Sunday on Public Access, the community broadcasting platform created by Public Records NYC, is a new archival project we've embarked on: Islands Reflected. The concept is to compile archival...

A new song every day, for the foreseeable future

A new song every day, for the foreseeable future

YouTube is a near endless universe of music discoveries waiting to happen. I've spent quite a bit of time surfing through hour-long mixes of latin grooves, channels that specialize in...

A new song every day, for the foreseeable future

YouTube is a near endless universe of music discoveries waiting to happen. I've spent quite a bit of time surfing through hour-long mixes of latin grooves, channels that specialize in...

Na Hoku Nominations: Maryanne Ito "Live" album, From These Shores compilation

Na Hoku Nominations: Maryanne Ito "Live" album,...

Some positive news during uncertain times — two of our releases from 2019 have been nominated in the upcoming Na Hoku Hanohano Awards. The Anthology of the Year category includes...

Na Hoku Nominations: Maryanne Ito "Live" album,...

Some positive news during uncertain times — two of our releases from 2019 have been nominated in the upcoming Na Hoku Hanohano Awards. The Anthology of the Year category includes...

Interview: Liz Damon on Woota (Feelin Good)

Interview: Liz Damon on Woota (Feelin Good)

Last year on our quest to find Liz Damon in hopes of securing permission to reissue her band's underrated funk gem, "Woota (Feelin Good)", we discovered that Liz had been...

Interview: Liz Damon on Woota (Feelin Good)

Last year on our quest to find Liz Damon in hopes of securing permission to reissue her band's underrated funk gem, "Woota (Feelin Good)", we discovered that Liz had been...