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Record Labels Featuring Island Artists
Cord International - they've re-released and preserved many
valuable vintage recordings of great Hawaiian, Maori, and other islander artists from the last century. www.cordinternational.com
Dancing Cat Records - home of many of the great ki ho'alu (slack key guitar) artists. Their site also gives
bios and discographies of many significant ki ho'alu artists. www.dancingcat.com
The Mountain Apple Company - carries so many of the hottest artists of Hawaii. Also administrates Israel
(Bruddah Iz) Kamakawiwo'ole's musical legacy. www.mountainapplecompany.com
Putumayo Records - where would we world music fans be without Putumayo? for many of us, they've opened opened
up the musical world for so many of us. www.putumayo.com
Quiet Storm Records has many great compilations, including the "Pure Hawaiian" and "Island Roots" CDs. www.quietstorm.com
Ululoa Productions - a small label on the slopes of Haleakala in Haiku, Maui. They produce artists such
as Ata Damasco, Lei'ohy Ryder, Pekelo Day, Bula Ka'iliwai. www. ululoa.com
Local Hawaiian & World Music Groups/Orgs.
Wanna know more about World Music? KAOS Radio's world music director
Scott Stevens' web site, Spin The Globe, is fun, full of great info, is constantly updated (including a podcast
of his weekly show), and is a portal to many other world music sites. Head over to www.earball.net/spintheglobe
Northwest Hawai'i Times (da pepa)
The newspaper "serving all who love Hawai'i" in the Pacific Northwest.
www.northwesthawaiitimes.com
Seattle Ukulele Players Association
www.seattleukulele.org
Portland Ukulele Association
www.pdxuke.org, email: pua@teleport.com
Hawaii Radio Connection - in the Seattle/Bellevue area, 8:00am on AM 1540 KXPA, 12:00pm on 91.3 FM KBCS
(www.kbcs.fm) . The show's web site is at www.hawaiiradioconnection.com. Email: braddahgomes@yahoo.com
Sean Williams - faculty member at The Evergreen State College (and home to our radio station, KAOS) has come
out with her latest book: The Ethnomusicologists' Cookbook. It's a delicious, rich read! So is her web site. Go check out
her "Get a Life!" section at http://academic.evergreen.edu/w/williams
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Cool & Music Camps in Da Islands
Aloha Music Camp - on Moloka'i, a week of glorious music, dance,
learning, and Hawaiian culture with Keola Beamer, Nona Beamer, Moanalani Beamer, Kaliko Beamer, John Keawe, Charles
Ka'upu and many other very special artists of Hawaii. www.alohamusiccamp.com, tel: 808-270-3090
Upcoming session:
*** Feb 3-9, 2008
June 20-24, 2007 Wed-Sun
Portland Ukefest
Reed College, Portland, OR. Info: info@portlandukefest.org or call (503) 679-0391
Late Summer 2007
Puget Sound Guitar Workshop
Near Bremerton, WA. 3 different week-long sessions: July 28-August 3; August 4-10; August 11-17, '07
Keoki Kahumoku & Herb Ohta Jr.'s
'Ukulele & Slack Key Guitar Workshop
(past, but worth keepin' an eye on)
March 2-4, '07 , Pahala, Big Island of Hawai'i
www.konaweb.com/keoki, call (808) 928-9811 or email: mahalo@aloha.net
Cool & Interesting Sites
Polynesian Voyaging Society - home of the Hokule'a,
the working replica of the ancient Polynesian canoe that has sailed to all corners of Polynesia since the last 1970s. www.pvs-hawaii.org
My good friend Kana Uchino is a marine biologist, photographer, surfer, and part-fish - she spends so much
time in the ocean!! She's crewed on the Hokulea and studied celestial navigation. See her beautiful photos at www.kanaphotography.com. Kana's a wonder - but best of all, she's a wonderful spirit. Go see her work!
The Edith Kanaka'ole Foundation
www.edithkanakaolefoundation.org
Hawaii's Gov. Linda Lingle has an interesting web page that plays music. Check it out!
www.hawaii.gov/gov/music
2006 South Pacific World Music Festival
in SavuSavu, Fiji - www.fijiresort.com/SavusavuMusicFest06.shtml
Global Warming
Rising Waters - the remarkable documentary about global
warming's devastating effects on the coral atoll islands of the South Pacific. www.itvs.orgs/risingwaters
Echoes of Tuvalu album, which is dedicated to the plight of the islands of Oceania and all the other coastal
areas around the world. www.echoesoftuvalu.com
Tuvalu is just one of the Pacific Island nations that are drowning as a result of sea level rising as a result of our human-induced
global warming
Hawaiian Sovereignty Web Sites
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