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Posted - 12/09/2009 : 08:19:43 AM
I stumbled upon this list while "Googling" today. It's from 2004. Thought you might enjoy taking a look.
The 50 Greatest Hawai'i Albums of All Time
Part I
Part II
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| 6 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| LovinLK |
Posted - 12/26/2009 : 7:16:39 PM
There are some others I would have added but I have half of those albums. |
| Retro |
Posted - 12/26/2009 : 12:35:15 PM
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Originally posted by hwnmusiclives
I'm inclined to say "no" with one notable exception: "`ikena" by Daniel Ho and Tia Carrere. Listen carefully to this album and you will discover that it did for Hawaiian music what "Guava Jam" and "Kawaipunahele" before it did -- advanced the art form (and the tradition) by lightyears instead of baby steps. This is in part due to Dr. Stillman's unique approach to poetry (there has really been nothing like it before) and Daniel's approach to melody and harmony.
I think that "He nani" is better than "`ikena" much the same way that I think that "Sunday Manoa 3" is better than "Guava Jam." But if I had to choose one album to go in the 50 best, it would have to be the one that started it all.
You may want to check out the new songbook Daniel Ho is just issuing - all the songs he and Amy composed for those two albums, along with background details on their composition and insight into why they did these albums. Oh, plus of course, the music for all the songs (so the rest of us can learn 'em). http://www.danielho.com/html/naikena.html |
| markwitz |
Posted - 12/15/2009 : 3:05:20 PM
I see that there are no albums devoted to chant on the list. How about adding something by Mark Keali`i Ho`omalu such as "Call it What You Like". Ooops, it's been six years since it was released. |
| hwnmusiclives |
Posted - 12/15/2009 : 05:07:10 AM
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Originally posted by hapakid
I'm curious if there are any albums from the last five years that deserve to be in this group of albums.
Jesse
I'm inclined to say "no" with one notable exception: "`ikena" by Daniel Ho and Tia Carrere. Listen carefully to this album and you will discover that it did for Hawaiian music what "Guava Jam" and "Kawaipunahele" before it did -- advanced the art form (and the tradition) by lightyears instead of baby steps. This is in part due to Dr. Stillman's unique approach to poetry (there has really been nothing like it before) and Daniel's approach to melody and harmony.
I think that "He nani" is better than "`ikena" much the same way that I think that "Sunday Manoa 3" is better than "Guava Jam." But if I had to choose one album to go in the 50 best, it would have to be the one that started it all.
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| hapakid |
Posted - 12/09/2009 : 1:27:12 PM
I enjoyed looking at the list again. I think there is probably a whole musical era on 78 rpm records that haven't been comprehensively re-issued and therefore don't have the same universal impact on the musical genre as the modern record album does, but are still historically important to Hawaiian music.
I'm curious if there are any albums from the last five years that deserve to be in this group of albums.
Jesse |
| Lawrence |
Posted - 12/09/2009 : 11:17:06 AM
Pretty good list.
I have about half of the listed releases. It would be nice to pick up the rest sometime (either in vinyl or CD reissue).
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