Hawaiian falsetto singing (leo ki`eki`e) is one of Hawai‘i's greatest contributions to musical culture. As part of the Aloha Festivals celebration, two friendly and tremendously enjoyable falsetto competitions occur annually: Hawai`i Island's "Kindy" Sproat Falsetto and Storytelling Contest and O‘ahu's Frank B. Shaner Falsetto Contest. The winners of each event earn a Hula Records recording contract. The contests and recordings are integral in keeping the art of falsetto alive.

2002 winners, Hilo-born and raised "Kaniala" Masoe and Hawai‘i transplant Gary Medeiros, who now calls California home, sing four falsetto favorites each. Popular past falsetto contest winners "Chan" Abenes and Stan Priddy – also heard on other volumes of this Hoku Award-winning series – round out the album with two songs a piece.

" Aloha Festivals Falsetto Contest Winners, Vol. IV" is a perfect CD for falsetto enthusiasts and hula dancers alike.

Album Titles:

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1. He' Ui (Gary Medeiros)
2. Lahela Ku'u Poki'i ("Kaniala" Masoe)
3. Pohai Kealoha (Stan Priddy)
4. Ku'u Lei Hoku ("Chan" Abenes)
5. Alekoki ("Kaniala" Masoe)
6. Ho'onanea (Gary Medeiros)
7. He Aloha No 'O Wai'anae ("Chan" Abenes)
8. 'Alika (Gary Medeiros)
9. Waikaloa (Stan Priddy)
10. 'Akaka Falls ("Kaniala" Masoe)
11. KHBC (Gary Medeiros)
12. Kalama'ula ("Kaniala" Masoe)
    

1969 Breakthrough Album By Acclaimed Singer & Master Chanter Now Available on CD!

Here's what they're saying about Kawai Cockett today...

• "The music and the performances are exquisite." - John Berger, Honolulu Star-Bulletin

• "Hawaiian artistry in the old-style tradition." - Wayne Harada, Honolulu Advertiser

• He grew up in a (family) in which Hawaiian was the language of everyday communication, and many traditional practices and beliefs were still intact...Kawai is a living link to old Hawai‘i."  – Hawaii Magazine, July/August 1999

• "His voice is robust, and his Hawaiian, flawless." - Manu Boyd, Ka Wai Ola o OHA

• "To the hula-minded, Kawai's music is as danceable as it gets." - Manu Boyd, Ka Wai Ola o OHA

This is the album that launched Kawai Cockett's three decade recording career - a must have for all hula dancers and Hawaiian music enthusiasts! Lyrics and translations are included.

Album Tracks:

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1. Beautiful Kaua'i
2. Hale'iwa Paka
3. Ka Ua A'o Hilo
4. 'Iiwi A'o Hilo
5. Ku'u Hoaloha
6. Kupa Landing
7. Noenoenani
8. Nene'u
9. Kona
10. Ala Moana Paka
11. Pohai Ke Aloha
12. Honolulu Harbor
    
    

Hawaii Calls is proud to present "Blue Hawaii – The Most Requested Songs of the Islands," part of our series of albums – the Hawaii Calls Collection. In response to tens of thousands of requests by visitors, we've compiled a recording of the most requested songs of the Islands – original, authentic Hawaiian songs recorded live by the Hawaii Calls stars that made them famous – including music legends Pua Almeida, Alfred Apaka, Charles K. L. Davis, Haunani Kahalewai, and Nina Keali‘iwahamana – all backed by the Hawaii Calls Orchestra and Chorus.

Album Tracks:

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1. Blue Hawai'i
2. Waikiki
3. Hukilau
4. Across the Sea
5. Lil' Brown Gal
6. Beyond the Reef
7. Old Plantation (Ku'u Home)
8. Hawai'i Calls
9. Honolulu
10. 'Akaka Falls (Wailele O 'Akaka)
11. Hapa Haole Hula Girl
12. South Sea Island Magic
13. To You, Sweetheart, Aloha
14. Aloha 'Oe (Farewell to You)
    
    

"When I think of Hawai‘i, this is the music I hear." "You've captured the magic on Hawai‘i in your music." These are typical responses from passengers disembarking cruise ships at Honolulu Harbor. Moana Chang has been called "a true Ambassador of Aloha." She has been spreading love and appreciation for Hawaiian culture in dance, song and spirit for over three decades, here and abroad. Since 1999, she has been the musical director of Aloha Boat Days and, along with her Aloha Tower Entertainers, has provided the world's most gracious welcome and farewell at Honolulu's most famous harbor. This CD is a compilation of favorites from Moana's Boat Days repertoire, created as a fundraiser for the Aloha Boat Days Foundation, in conjunction with the Aloha Boat Days Committee.

Album Titles:

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1. 'Alika
2. Pua Be Still
3. Ku'u Milimili Hula
4. Hilo March
5. Kaloaloa
6. Hawai'i Calls
7. Kuhiau
8. Sing Me a Song of the Islands
9. Kuwili
10. Sweet Leilani
11. Kalua (Moonlight in)
12. Aloha 'Oe

"Evening In The Islands" features the twin steel guitars of two of Hawai‘i's noted musicians: Barney Isaacs and Eddie "Kalani" Pang. Hawaiian music legends Gabby Pahinui (slack-key guitar) and Eddie Kamae (‘ukulele) team up with Kaipo Miller (bass) and Sol Kamahele (guitar), and together with the two wizards of steel, comprise The Maile Serenaders. The lilting voice of Nina Keali‘iwahamana is heard as she delivers an occasional line from each song.

Here are instrumental versions of some of Hawai‘i's most popular songs of all time, with an unusual twist: This is the only instrumental recording of Hawaiian music featuring two steel guitars playing in tandem. The result is both romantic and relaxing; a perfect background for a candle-lit dinner with someone special, for sitting alone an enjoying a beautiful Hawaiian sunset; or for dreaming of your return to these islands.

Album Tracks:

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1. I'll Weave a Lei of Stars for You
2. Hula Breeze
3. Soft Green Seas
4. Whispering Lullaby
5. White Ginger Blossoms
6. Evening in the Islands
7. Hana
8. Hawaiian Wedding Song
9. Pearly Shells
10. Blue Hawai'i
11. Love Song of Kalua
12. Hawai'i Calls
    
    

Founded in 1975 by Howard and Olana Ai, HALAU HULA OLANA, the School of Living Hula, has grown to become one of the largest hula schools in the islands. Hundreds of Hawai‘i's keiki (children) have passed through the halau doors and gone on to charm local audiences and visitors at a multitude of venues on land and aboard cruise ships. Many of them have taken part in annual hula competitions, performed for four American presidents and for dignitaries and audiences overseas. Repeatedly, the halau has been recognized for its excellence.

 The voices of kuma hula Olana Ai and her students are heard at the beginning and end of the CD.  In between, you'll hear Olana's talented family: husband Howard, who arranges the songs, sings and plays ukulele; eldest daughter, Natalie Ai, a Hoku Award-winning singer, delivers powerful vocals, sons Tai and Rhett take turns on the bass; and Natalie's husband ‘Iolani Kamau‘u sings and plays guitar. Together they create the unique Ai family sound as they perform halau favorites. Lyrics and translations to Hawaiian language songs are included.

Album Titles:

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1. 'Ai Pohaku/Kaulana Na Pua
2. Na Mo'olelo Kahiko
3. That's the Hawaiian in Me
4. Ha'a Hula
5. Colors of the Wind
6. Green Rose Hula
7. Puna Ku'u Aloha (Puna, My Love)
8. The Magic Islands
9. Kawika
10. Dolly's Lullaby
11. Surround Me with Love
12. Aloha Chant/Aoha 'Oe
    
    

During the '30s and '40s, as more and more mainlanders were lured to Hawai‘i's shores, the songwriters among them strove to capture the beauty and spirit of the Islands in song. Mainly written in English, with an occasional Hawaiian word or two, these hapa-haole (part foreign) compositions gained popularity with the malihini (visitors).

The Kahauanu Lake Trio was THE group to see in Waikiki from the mid '50s until well into the '80's. Though firmly rooted in Hawaiian tradition, the trio was often asked to perform these hapa-haole favorites by visitors in their audiences. What was a hit with visitors then, is still preferred by many. After all, the music is lovely, the instrumentation distinctly Hawaiian, and the primarily English lyrics understood by most. The acclaimed trio performs some of the most well-known hapa-haole tunes for your enjoyment.

Information concerning each song is included.

Album Tracks:

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1. Maile Lei
2. Hawaiian Swing Medley (of the 1930s):  Hapa Haole Hula Girl/I Wonder Where My Little Hula Girl Has Gone/Hula Lolo
3. Kaleilehua
4. One Paddle, Two Paddle
5. Kalua (The Love Song of)
6. Haole Hula
7. Ke Kali Nei Au (The Hawaiian Wedding Song)
8. Lahainaluna
9. Moonlight in Hilo
10. Hula Breeze
11. Blue Lei
12. Medley:  The Magic Islands/An Island Love Song
    
    

“Loyal Garner was called ‘The Lady of Love’ for good reason – her music embodied goodness, her performance radiated with heartfelt emotion, her voice projected the aloha from the heart. She may be gone, but her legacy is the vast riches of song that continues to tick like a heartbeat within us all.” – Wayne Harada, The Honolulu Advertiser

Loyal’s fans have requested that we re-issue “Hawai‘i Today” in CD format and we are happy to comply. Although she left us all too soon, at the age of 55, we have her music to remind us of her stellar career, her moving stories told through song, the contemporary flair she brought to Hawaiian favorites, and her exceptional showmanship – her smile, that voice, fingers “tickling the ivories,” the banter, and most of all, the love she shared with her audiences.

Lyrics and translations are included for the four Hawaiian language songs.

Album Tracks:

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1. Hawai'i Today
2. Maui Waltz
3. You Are the Sun, Hawai'i
4. Shores of Haleiwa
5. Morning Dew
6. City Lights
7. Hanalei Moon
8. Ka'aahi Kahului
9. Medley:  Iesu Me Ke Kanaka Waiwa/Just a Closer Walk With Thee
10. Hawai'i Aloha
    
    

"Hawaii's Favorites, Vol. 1 – from yesterday and today" is a collection of traditional Hawaiian and hapa-haole tunes, chosen for their popularity with locals and tourists alike. We asked Mathew Koenig, 30-year veteran music retailer and former Retail Director of Hawai'i's Tower Records outlets, to pick some of his favorite, and best-selling Hawaiian songs. He did, and the result is this CD containing performances by some of Hawai‘i's stellar artists – Don Ho, Alfred Apaka, Nina Keali‘iwahamana, Genoa Keawe, The Kahauanu Lake Trio, Kawai Cockett, and Nathan Aweau, among them.

Album Tracks:

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1. One Paddle, Two Paddle
2. On a Coconut Island
3. 'Akaka Falls
4. Kaulana Kaua'i
5. Kilakila 'O Maui
6. Sweet Leilani
7. It's Aloha Friday
8. Little Brown Gal
9. Pupu A'o Ewa/Pearly Shells
10. Papalina Lahilahii
11. Lu'au Drum Beats
12. The Hawaiian Wedding Song
13. Aloha 'Oe
    

Just as you'll always remember a beautiful Hawaiian sunset, with its brilliant colors, the soft trade winds blowing your hair, and the warm sea around you, you'll never forget "Hawaii's Favorite Instrumentals." Hawaiian music is not only folk tunes played on 'ukulele and steel guitar. Hawaiian music can also be very full and lush and beautiful, as performed here by the Orchestral Strings.

Hawai‘i's favorite instrumentals are those songs known to all of us in Hawai‘i, and to others who have visited Hawai‘i from around the world: The world famous "Ke Kali Nei Au" (The Hawaiian Wedding Song), "Tiny Bubbles" and "I'll Remember You," and the enduring "Aloha ‘Oe." They're all as memorable as a Hawaiian sunset and the beauty of our Islands.

Album Tracks:

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1. Hawaiian Wedding Song
2. Pearly Shells
3. Tiny Bubbles
4. I'll Remember You/Days of My Youth
5. Diamond Head
6. The Wonderful World of Aloha
7. Lahainaluna
8. Tropical Night
9. One Paddle, Two Paddle
10. Aloha 'Oe
    
    

From "The Nathan Aweau Hawaiian Islands Collection Series".

Featuring Na Hoku Hanohano Multi Award Winner Nathan Aweau playing all instruments, and providing all vocals.

"Hawaii's Favorite Songs" takes you on a musical journey around this island paradise, featuring song favorites you'll hear while enjoying Hawai'i's people and places.

Hawai‘i, renowned "Pearl of the Pacific," is captivating... a magnificent island paradise rich with superlatives. From the wettest spot in the world at Kaua‘i's Mt. Wai‘ale‘ale, to our planet's youngest site at the volcanic wonderland of the Big Island, Hawai`i abounds with unsurpassed scenery. The lush beauty combined with the warmth of the people, their loving spirit of aloha and "hang loose" attitude, make Hawai‘i an outstanding locale for fun, relaxation and romance.
 
Photos, and Hawaiian Lyric Translations are included!

Album Tracks:

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1. Hawaiian War Chant
2. My Little Grass Shack
3. Hawaiian Lullaby
4. Hukilau (Instrumental)
5. Blue Hawai'i
6. I am Hawai'i
7. Tiny Bubbles (Instrumental)
8. Hi'ilawe
9. Beyond the Reef
10. On the Beach at Waikiki
11. Aloha 'Oe
    

No other medium introduced more Hawaiian songs to the world than our live weekly broadcasts of the Hawaii Calls radio show – not vinyl, movies, television, tape or compact discs. "Hawaii Calls Presents: Greatest Hits, Vol. II," is the second offering of a multi-volume compilation of the greatest hits introduced to the world by the show over its 40-year history, performed by the original stars that made them famous. This recording, part of the exclusive Hawaii Calls Collection, contains rare or previously impossible-to-find Hawaiian music that pays homage to the golden era of Hawaiian radio. Among the songs we've selected to conjure up romantic memories and relaxing images of the tropical paradise that is Hawai‘i, are both stellar vocal and virtuoso instrumental performances – all taken from actual live performances.

Album Tracks:

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1. I am Hawai'i
2. Hukilau
3. On the Beach at Waikiki (Instrumental)
4. Beyond the Reef
5. Hawaiian War Chant (Instrumental)
6. Song of the Islands
7. Blue Hawai'i
8. Drifting and Dreaming (Instrumental)
9. King's Serenade
10. Mai Poina 'Oe I'au (Instrumental)
11. Hi'ilawe
12. My Isle of Golden Dreams (Instrumental)
13. Aloha 'Oe (Instrumental)
    
    

From "The Nathan Aweau Hawaiian Islands Collection Series".

This album features the wonderful instrumental styling of Multi Na Hoku Hanohano Award Winner Nathan Aweau.

We present, for your listening pleasure, this collection of sweet Hawaiian music, performed instrumentally. The songs – some of Hawai‘i's most-requested – are easy on the ears, and great for use as a backdrop for parties or videos...or just for "hanging loose," Hawaiian-style, relaxing with a cool beverage!

Color Scenic Photos, Lyrics, and Hawaiian Translations about each song are included.

Album Tracks:

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1. Hawai'i Five-O
2. Pearly Shells
3. He'eia
4. One Paddle, Two Paddle
5. Hawai'i Calls
6. Hawaiian War Chant
7. Blue Hawai'i
8. I am Hawai'i
9. I'll Remember You
10. Kona Kai 'Opuna
11. Hawaiian Wedding Song
    

Palani Vaughan has been known for so many years as a pioneer of modern Hawaiian nationalistic music, and most of all for the four "Ia ‘Oe E Ka La" albums he recorded in honor of King Kalakaua in the 1970s and early 1980s, that the music on this album will come as a surprise to anyone who knows him for only "Ia ‘Oe E Ka La."

Palani’s debut album, "Meet Palani Vaughan and The Sunday Manoa" [Hula Records, 1967], showed his strength as a contemporary Hawaiian artist, this one reinvented him as a potential successor to the late Alfred Apaka as a peerless romantic crooner of Hawaiian and hapa-haole classics set to sophisticated orchestral arrangements. Hawai‘i has changed tremendously since these recordings were made in 1970, but beautiful music is timeless,
and this album is a perfect antidote to the stress of living in modern, congested, over-built and over-developed Hawai‘i nei. 

Lyrics and translations for Hawaiian language songs are enclosed.

Album Tracks:

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1. Honolulu
2. Waikiki
3. South Sea Island Magic
4. My Little Grass Shack
5. 'Akaka Falls (Ka Wailele O 'Akaka)
6. Lovely Hula Hands
7. Kainoa
8. My Isle of Golden Dreams
9. Blue Hawai'i
10. Beyond the Reef
11. Kaua I Ka Huahua'i
12. Sweet Leilani
    
    

Another in the Hawaii Calls Collection is "Hawaiian Wedding Song – Songs  For A Hawaiian-Style Wedding" – a recording specifically designed for weddings, from procession to reception – and the memories they evoke. "Hawaiian Wedding Song" is a compilation of the most requested love songs and features the extraordinary vocal stylings of the stars of Hawaii Calls, all backed by the incomparable Hawaii Calls Orchestra and Chorus. It is the only recording available with both vocal and instrumental versions of the ever-popular "Hawaiian Wedding Song" ("Ke Kali Nei Au"). This recording also includes the "original" Hawaiian wedding song "Lei Aloha Lei Makamae" (Forevermore).

To assist you in planning your event, we've included the English lyrics of all of the wedding songs.

Album Tracks:

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1. Hawaiian Wedding Song (Ke Kali Nei Au)
2. I'll Remember You
3. 'Mapuana
4. Paoakalani
5. Moon of Manakoora
6. Beautiful Kahana
7. Beyond the Reef
8. Lei Aloha, Lei Makamae (Forevermore)
9. Beyond the Rainbow
10. Sweet Leilani
11. 'Makalapua (Profuse Bloom)
12. Lovely Hula Hands
13. Pua Mae 'Ole
14. Hawaiian Wedding Song (Ke Kali Nei Au)
    

"Lovers, collectors and students of Hawai‘i's music will welcome this release by Hula Records as an opportunity to savor anew, these musical treasures from the past half-century. This retrospective, from producer Don McDiarmid, Jr., affords us a rare collection of some of Hawai‘i's most popular and influential recordings by some of its most honored singers and musicians. Don McDiarmid, Jr. represents three generations of a family dedicated to composing, recording, and promotion of the best of Hawai‘i's music. We are fortunate to have this latest album and his lifetime's reflection." – Kalani Meinecke, Hawaiian music researcher and translator

An introduction by the producer and his personal anecdotes concerning the artists make this a must-have CD.

Album Titles:

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1. Kawika
2. Beautiful Kaua'i
3. Morning Dew
4. Paoakalani
5. 'Alika
6. Honesakala
7. Pua Lililehua
8. Honolulu
9. Sushi
10. Drinking Champagne
11. Blue Darling
12. Kalama'ula
13. Laupahoehoe
14. Pupu A O Ewa/Pearly Shells
15. He Hawai'i Au
16. Ka Uluwehi O Ke Kai
17. Panini Puakea
18. When It's Time to Go
    

Hawaiian music and jazz were made for each other, but it takes an artist with deep roots in both styles to make the marriage work. Keahi Conjugacion brings the soul of a daughter of Hawai‘i and the fire of a jazz diva to this celebration of all that is lyrical and swinging in the music of the Islands.  With inspired accompaniment from keyboard wizard Dan Del Negro, and local jazz greats Gabe Baltazar, Sam Ahia, Buddy Fo, and David Choy, Keahi finds the jazz heart of her own originals and Hawaiian music classics alike.  Keahi's brothers, Tony C and Brother Noland, are already stars of the Hawaiian music scene; with this CD, Keahi takes her rightful place at their side. - Chris Vandercook, local jazzman.

Album Tracks:

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1. Sweetheart Medley:  Kiss Me Love/Ku'u Ipo
2. Leahi
3. Ei Nei
4. Ha'a Hula
5. Maile Swing
6. Blue Hawai'i
7. My 'Ohana
8. A Million Moons Over Hawai'i
9. Waikiki
10. Hula Gals
11. On a Coconut Island
    
    

From "The Nathan Aweau Hawaiian Islands Collection Series".

As with his previous CD's in this series, Multi Na Hoku Hanohano Award Winner Nathan Aweau brings new life to these old standards with his contemporary interpretations.

From the pristine sands of Lumaha‘i Beach and the panoramic views from Kilauea Lighthouse, to the lush vegetation of Waialua River's Fern Grotto and the Hanalei river Valley - the beauty of Kaua‘i is unsurpassed! "Kauai's Favorite Songs" provides you with a sound track for your journey around the "Garden Isle." 

As with the rest of this CD Series, Lyrics, Translations, and Color Scenic Photos are included in this package.

Album Tracks:

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1. Beautiful Kaua'i
2. Hanohano Hanalei (Instrumental)
3. Sweet Leilani
4. Hanalei Moon
5. Nani Wale Na Hala (Instrumental)
6. Koke'e
7. Ula No Weo (Instrumental)
8. I'm Giving You a Rainbow
9. Quiet Village (Instrumental)
10. Hawaiian Wedding Song
11. Aloha 'Oe (Instrumental)