Author: hwnmusiclives

In 1964, four little known about lads that called themselves The Beatles released their first recordings in the U.S., and on February 9, 1964 at 8pm, the Fab Four made their U.S. television debut on The Ed Sullivan Show. And music – and the world – would would never be the same. That story has been chronicled countless times. But what has not been discussed has been the effect of the British Invasion on the evolution…

Coming Soon – A feature on the history of the ever-growing popularity of Hawaiian music in Japan. Among those featured will be Ethel Nakada, a fine singer of Hawaiian songs and one of the earliest stars of Hawaiian music in her home country of Japan, George Matsushita, a fine falsetto with a nearly five-decade career in Japan, and steel guitarists Buckie Shirakata, Tetsuo Ohtsuka, and Poss Miyazaki. The article will also discuss the origins of…

There is woefully little information about a Hawaiian songstress once so popular on stage and TV across the country that like Madonna or Cher she was known by just her first name: Haleloke. Perhaps you have already read that Haleloke Kahauolopua was born on February 2, 1923 in Hilo on the island of Hawai’i into a musical family. It was only natural that she would be discovered. And discovered she was – over and over…