La'ieikawai

Willie K - You Ku'uipo

words and music by james b lincoln III, lead and both backing vocals by james b lincoln III, both guitars and mandolin by james b lincoln III. Lack of upkeeps a pagan vice, old folks said "you'd better keep things nice", when she left, she didn't look back twice. Chorus: and im brought low and torn, bought low and worn, to weak to wear my saviors crown of thorns. If i worked and prayed like abbe de ran'ce, and didn't bend my knees to games of chance, there'd be no blood at the end of my lance, from His side, Wish i was like my paramour,  goes to sleep she starts to snore, has sweet dreams of campfire smores , never tries to settle old scores, i'll quit hot while there's a need, to hemmorage words that are hard to breed, i'm gonna need it after all, touch sidewalk cracks until i crawl.

Brought low and torn

I do not own the song. All rights go to Hapa

Kuʻu Lei Awapuhi - Hapa

The Music of Merrie Monarch. We saw the hula, now we want to celebrate the voices behind the dancers.

This Merrie Monarch was a fantastic competition and exhibition of the talents within the islands and beyond. Now that the competition is over, let us celebrate the music we heard with this playlist of musicians who continuously participate in Merrie Monarch year after year!

Mark Yamanaka  |  "Ka Leo O Ka Moa"

Ka Pua Hae Hawaii

Hawai'i Kamaha'o

Aloha fellow Hawaiian music lovers!
As you know, we have made a dedicated effort in our past two award-winning albums to record original compositions from our own hearts or from the minds of our brilliant contemporaries.  While we remain dedicated to this mission, we also have a special place in our hearts for the traditional mele of Hawaiʻi that have inspired our creative efforts.  We decided to take advantage of the recent transformation of Hawaiʻi’s music retail industry and to satisfy the continuous requests of our fans to record “the old stuff”, and record this album of some of our favorite traditional mele.  We’ve decided to name this tribute Hāliu, which describes our effort to turn and have regard for all that has come before.  And, it’s also Volume One which means...there will be more!  Available exclusively through our website or through us directly at all live performances (we won’t be releasing it in stores), we hope this will showcase our deep appreciation for the music that we grew up listening to.  As we note in our detailed liner notes that accompany this album,
           
“We know our original music is appreciated...but so many of you keep requesting the old songs!  
For all of you who have begged us to record traditional mele in our Kūpaoa style, this is for you.”

Mahalo nui for continuing to support Hawaiian music and we hope you’ll enjoy our tribute to some of our favorite traditional mele!


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Makapu'u Beach "Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band Vol II"Gabby Pahinui

Makapu'u Beach "Hawaiian Band Vol II"Gabby Pahinui 1977

In 2008, I recorded the Makaha Sons for a 20 song double CD project for Amuse Soft Entertainment in Japan.  John Koko was still recovering from a heart procedure so Uncle Moon laid down some reference bass tracks so recording could commence.  When Uncle John was well enough to make it to the studio, he came and laid down his Acoustic Bass tracks for all 20 songs: one take, no mistake! A superhuman feat by an extraordinary human being.  After tracking for all 20 songs were done and I was about to start mixing, the Sons asked me if I could add some strings to "Poliahu."  I added string orchestrations and some Oboe and French Horn as well as the Guitar harmonics in the intro.  To my knowledge, these were the very last recording sessions the Makaha Sons did before Uncle John went home to meet his Maker: Sleep with Angels Uncle: I love and miss you

The double CD set is available here: http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=ASCM-6030

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