Exploring the Culture archive
Roland and Robert Cazimero have been top dogs in the contemporary Hawaiian music scence for three decades and their stellar chops and soulful songwriting and innovative adaptation of older tunes is unquestions. Each year, the Brothers Caz have rocked out…
UPDATE: The Honolulu Advertiser has an enormous and well-done package on Don Ho, a veritble primer on his life and times. Don Ho, who had been suffering from chronic heart disease, passed on today. I was fortunate to catch his…
Jack Johnson's annual Kokua Festival on the North Shore of Oahu has become a perennial barn burner for locals and visitors. It is a rare chance to catch both Johnson and Pearl Jam front man Eddie Vedder in the same…
Here's a roundup of cool blogs / articles on the festival, which is the World Series of Hula. Wanda Adams at the Honolulu Advertiser has some great information on the topic on her blog. The Advertiser also has done a…
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Pacific Business News in Honolulu has a piece detailing the woes of a top-Google ranked listing, Top-10-Hawaii.com / Hawaii Travel Network. This was a popular online travel site and referral network that sold all sorts of stuff -- cruises on…
Naitonal Geographic shooter DeWitt Jones resides on Molokai. When he's not out shooting the world, he focuses his lens on his home state with stunning results. His latest show features beautiful waves, lovely imageds of Hawaiian women, and natural wonders.…
I normally try to keep this blog Hawaii-focused, emphasizing local arts, music, and food. But when the Dalai Lama comes to the islands, its kinda a big thing. The Tibetan Spiritual Leader will be on the Valley Isle on April…
The annual Honolulu Festival kicks off this Friday with events in Ala Moana and Waikiki. Despite the ridiculously cheesy tagline/mission statement of the fest -- "....the premier cultural event, promoting understanding, economic cooperation and ethnic harmony between the people of…
Anyone who's been to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, on the Big Island, understands what its like to walk on Earth so new its still smoking. Literally. Madame Pele, the volcano goddess, is everpresent and the eery quiet of this isolated…
After posting a note that Hawaiian music legend Eddie Kamae can be seen playing out regularly at the Elk's Club in Waikiki, two readers (and friends) wrote in or commented to tell me that actually there's a whole lot more…
