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Fabulous Krush "Blame It On The Night"
"Blame it on the Night" by Fabulous Krush Hal Bradbury was the lead singer for The Krush, an essential band in the contemporary Hawaiian music scene. He still lives on Oahu and sings this song for his grandchildren!
Phase VII "Sweet Love"
"Sweet Love" by Phase 7 From their "Windjammer" LP.
Mackey Feary Band "Summer's End" on YouTube
"Summer's End" by Mackey Feary Band. Part of my "Mellow Mood Aloha" playlist of Hawaiian music I recently curated on YouTube.
DJ Muro "Hawaiian Breaks" Tracklist Makes the Rounds
Aloha Got Soul was founded from two big musical motiviations: Mackey Feary Band's debut LP, and DJ Muro's "Hawaiian Breaks" mix. Back in August 2010, no tracklist for Hawaiian Breaks could be found on the internet. None. Coincidentally, the guys over at SoulStrut wondered about the song titles the same time I started compiling the track list. Lo and behold, less than one year later and the DJ Muro Hawaiian Breaks song list---originally posted on Aloha Got Soul---has made its way around the internet. Discogs.com picked it up (and even linked back here!), and justfunked.com recently posted it to their...
"We Are Hawaiian, Use Your Library"
I remember that old local TV commercial like it was yesterday, when really it was like 15 years ago. A bunch of kids proudly sharing their ethnicity with viewers and relating it all to one big message: "I am Hawaiian Filipino, I am Hawaiian Chinese, I am Hawaiian Samoan ... We are Hawaiian, Use your library!" And guess what, the first thing I did upon returning to Hawaii this March was to, well, use my library. Believe it or not, the Hawaii Public Library offers the chance for patrons to borrow vinyl records. I kid you not. Real Hawaiian music...