Wednesday, June 10, 2009

V/A - 'Auhea 'oe e Sanoe - Field Recordings of Hawaiian Slack Key



Ki ho’alu (slack key) is the Hawaiian version of open-chord guitar style and has remained in Hawai’i - nurtured and developed by Hawaiians without the rest of the world taking much notice. These recordings are presumably from the 1970s. The musicians featured are working people and the songs are stories; many of which can be extended to great lengths for sake of the lyrics. The “field recordings” found on this disc were collected in efforts to expose this rare style and certain area musicians like Stephen Kauhane, the Nicholas Family, Charles Chu, and Haunani Apoliona. The extensive liners note that “SLACK KEY guitar is just one part of the complex of Hawaiian music and dance.” Beautifully rich stuff- with soaring vocal harmonies and a great guitar feel. One of the best finds in awhile!


link: http://www.mediafire.com/?7mz9df00ytt

13 comments:

  1. Hey I stumbled on your blog when searching for hawaiian music.... where did you find this? it's pretty incredible. is it easy to find or one of those rare-gems-make-your-friends-jealous-that-you-found-it type things?

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  2. haha, i like to think of it as a serious find!.. didn't cost me too much but i've never seen it before

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  3. Pretty wild

    Thanks

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  4. this is exactly what i needed today. goes nice with some iced-tea

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  5. Yeeeaaaah... very nice indeed. Can I make a small, music-geeky request for a legible scan of the liner notes? Even if I'm never gonna hear of any of these musicians ever again - which is quite likely - it would be nice to be able to put the names with the tunes. I can be a bit OCD like that...

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  6. Owl sent this dude up...
    What time is the Luau?
    Polynesia wasn't such a bad place to be thrown in a volcano at...it's so beautiful there
    (whoa...did you see her pineapples?)

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  7. I have owned this Field Recordings of Hawaiian Slack Key album for about 20 years and was just too damn lazy to digitize it. Thanks for saving me the time and effort.

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  8. Agreed, please a good scan, as well as a release year. Thanks.

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  9. Does anyone have the artist list for this?

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  10. I would actually send you some PayPal joy for some good scans of these extensive liner notes!

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  11. Holy crap - do the liner notes have tablature for the songs? Just a possible rumor I've found...

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  12. hey guys! SHIT I didnt even know anyone still read this blog. I would be happy to scan the images in when I get some spare time. E-mail me at Naideau@gmail.com - thanks for reading and commenting!!!

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