Troubled Paradise -- Traditional Music from Hawaii

Various Artists - International - Pacific Islands - Hawaii | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 22, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Flying Fish
• ASIN: B000000MTN
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #475,792 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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3 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Don't let the low number of stars turn you off to this CD, December 7, 2001

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David Benson (East Lansing, MI United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Troubled Paradise -- Traditional Music from Hawaii (Audio CD)

Ever since several performers from Hawaii came to the National Folklife Festival in East Lansing, MI several years ago, I have been longing to listen to well sung, traditional Hawaiian chanting/songs. This CD has it -- but only three or four tracks of it. If this were a record (LP) there would be hills and valleys on it by now. Slack key guitar makes me ill and I avoid those tracks like the plague, but the traditional chants are exceptionally well sung and make this CD one of the few that I return to over and over.
Most of the other CDs that I have encountered having music of this type are either antropological or poorly sung or include the SKG (I don't want to even write it again). The few tracks on this CD that are of merit are worth playing over and over again.