Hawaii

Alternative Rock Folk Rock 

Poi Dog Pondering: Aloha to Austin

October 30, 2024 Cary Baker 0 Comments 2024, Busking, Cary Baker, Down on the Corner: Adventures in Busking & Street Music, Frank Orrall, Hawaii, Honolulu, Jawbone Press, Poi Dog Pondering, Wakiki

Read an excerpt from Cary Baker’s new book on busking

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Funk Instrumental Soul 

War’s Lee Oskar Says Mahalo

September 18, 2023February 19, 2024 j. poet 0 Comments 2023, Dreams We Share, Greg Errico, Harmonica, Hawaii, Lee Oskar, She Said Mahalo, Sly and the Family Stone, war

Catching up with funk’s harmonica master

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Alternative Rock Post-Punk Rock 

ALBUMS: PiL Defy Time and Release Another Landmark LP

August 21, 2023August 21, 2023 Tim Sommer 0 Comments Bruce Smith, End of World, Hawaii, John Lydon, Lu Edmonds, Public Image, Public Image Ltd., Scott Firth

End of World is the sound of First Issue all grown up

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Alternative Rock New Wave Post-Punk Punk Rock 

Public Image Ltd. Announce New Album End of World

April 11, 2023April 11, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments End of World, Hawaii, John Lydon, Nora Forster, Penge, Public Image Limited, Public Image Ltd., The Sex Pistols

Due August 11th, the LP is dedicated to John Lydon’s late wife Nora Forster 

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Alternative Rock Art Pop Electronic Industrial New Wave Post-Punk Punk Rock 

PiL Scale Another Peak With The Extraordinary “Hawaii”

January 12, 2023January 12, 2023 Tim Sommer 8 Comments 2023, Eurovision, Hawaii, John Lydon, PiL, Public Image, Public Image Ltd.

The song is the sound of the heart looking skyward, watching vapor trails dissolve

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Electronic New Wave Pop Post-Punk Punk Rock 

LISTEN: Public Image Ltd. Share New Single “Hawaii”

January 9, 2023January 9, 2023 Ron Hart 2 Comments Bruce Smith, Hawaii, John Lydon, Lu Edmonds, Nora Lydon, Public Image Limited, Public Image Ltd., Scott Firth, single

The song, entered into the Eurovision Song Contest, was written for John Lydon’s wife Nora

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Music Journalism 

We Don’t Want No Ukulele

February 26, 2022February 26, 2022 Gillian G. Gaar 1 Comment Arnold’s, Elvis Presley, Hawaii, Henry Kapono, Marshall Turner, Michael Jackson, Nirvana, Waikiki

A walk on Waikiki’s (slightly) wild side

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Jimi Rock 

Maui Wowee

November 28, 2020November 28, 2020 Justin Cober-Lake 0 Comments 1970, Billy Cox, Foxey Lady, Hawaii, Jimi Hendrix, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Legacy Recordings, Live In Maui, Mitch Mitchell, Purple Haze

Two cherished Jimi Hendrix performances in Hawaii before his untimely death get the release they deserve

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