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<title>Israel Kamakawiwo'ole</title>
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<category>Hawaii</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:41:04 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Israel Kamakawiwo'ole is an iconic figure in Hawaii, a full-blooded Hawaiian singer who supported the independence movement and released a slew of wonderful albums before his untimely death at age 38. Kamakawiwo'ole started his career with the Makaha Sons of Ni'hau, a traditional band he formed with high school friends. Fifteen years and 10 albums later, Kamakawiwo'ole went solo, much to some fans' dismay. But he continued to find success with his mix of traditional Hawaiian music and American standards. His medley "Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World," off 1993's <i>Facing Future</i>, made it into several film soundtracks. Sadly, after a lifetime spent struggling with weight issues, Kamakawiwo'ole died in 1997.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>R. Carlos Nakai</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 09:48:01 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[R. Carlos Nakai is undoubtedly the most important Native American flute player in the world. His powerful solo work helped define the genre, and collaborations with international artists and high-profile composers such as Philip Glass have brought the flute to concert halls around the world. Born in Flagstaff, Ariz., to Navajo-Ute parents, Nakai began his musical career on the trumpet. He had the makings of a seriously talented classical player, but instead of enrolling at Juilliard he ended up in the Navy, where a 1970 car accident permanently damaged his embouchure. Though he continued to play trumpet, Nakai knew he'd never regain his former skills, and in 1982 he took up the Native American flute after meeting a flute maker. At the time, few musicians (native or non-) played the flute, and Nakai investigated both the instrument's history and traditional songs. His first self-produced release attracted the attention of Canyon Records, and within a few years he had become the label's star performer. Over the years Nakai has experimented with jazz and fusion, but his flute is always front and center.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Robbie Robertson</title>
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<category>Americana</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:50:55 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[When discussing rock music, Robbie Robertson's work with Bob Dylan and the Band cannot be overemphasized. The Band's worshipful distillation of American musical styles into a mythic, religious experience is overshadowed only by the recorded material from their days touring with Dylan on his infamous first electric tour. Robertson is simply one the hottest guitar players ever to pick up the instrument. His simple, terse style is deeply rooted in early blues, but an uptown Ike Turner influence charges weeping lines with a joyous irreverence and staggering looseness. While he's arguably best as a sideman, Robertson's formidable skill as a songwriter also guarantees his place in the rock pantheon, as <i>Music From Big Pink</i> and <i>The Band</i> well illustrate. Since the Band dissolved in 1976, Robertson continues to evolve, releasing few records but taking a radically different approach on each. Obsessed with America and possessing a shark-like desire to keep growing as an artist, he released <i>Contact From the Underworld of Redboy</i> in 1998, an album which found him teaming up with DJ Howie B for a genre-mutating hybrid of hip-hop, blues, and folk.
- Mike McGuirk]]></description>
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<title>Native Flute Ensemble</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:29:38 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Keola Beamer</title>
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<category>Hawaii</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 09:33:54 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[First off, Keola Beamer just has a great name. Check it out: Keolamaikalani Breckenridge Beamer. It's <I>gorgeous</I>. But that's not why Beamer's famous; he's actually one of Hawaii's best-known and most prolific artists, and a member of one of Hawaii's oldest musical families. His great-grandmother was singer-songwriter Helen Desha Beamer, a renowned soprano who composed original songs in Hawaiian and was also known as a hula dancer of great skill. His mother, Winona Kapuailohia Beamer, is a known chanter, composer and author who's devoted her life to the study and preservation of Hawaiian culture. Keola himself grew up providing guitar accompaniment for his mother's dance groups before going on to study classical guitar and publish the first modern method book on Hawaiian slack-key guitar playing. He released his signature album, <I>Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar in the Real Old Style</I>, in 1972, and embarked on a career that's explored every realm since, from pop to traditional Hawaiian music. Perhaps his best-known work -- and one of the top-selling Hawaiian singles of all time -- was 1978's <I>Honolulu City Lights</I>. In recent years, Beamer has done everything from a solo guitar album to an inspired collaboration with the renowned Native American flautist R. Carlos Nakai.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Jake Shimabukuro</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:19:51 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[You wouldn't exactly call this rising young ukulele star <i>traditional</i>; the guy's known for busting out Hendrix-sized riffs in concert. But Hawaii's Jake Shimabukuro is nothing if not talented: behind the showmanship lies a musician of innate ability, as 2006's acoustic <I>Gently Weeps</i> amply demonstrates. Born in 1976 and introduced to the ukulele when he was just four years old, Shimabukuro gained his first recognition as a member of the trio Pure Heart, which he joined in the late '90s. The trio's second album, <I>Pure Heart 2</i>, won them a Hoku award for Island Contemporary Album of the year, and Jake broke out from the act in 2000 to build his solo career. He became known for his liberal use of effects pedals as he endeavored to free the instrument from novelty status. He's done it. An internet video of him performing "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" became an instant hit, generating millions of page-views and exposing the young musician to a broad and adoring audience.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Keali`i Reichel</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:19:28 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Sacred Spirits</title>
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<category>Contemporary Instrumental</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 09:47:57 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Noted for releasing a tune in 1996 that won acclaim among clubbing crowds, Sacred Spirits is responsible for interweaving Native American music elements and electronic and acoustic effects. Well-crafted compositions highlight ancient traditions.
- Melissa Piazza]]></description>
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<title>Tia Carrere</title>
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<category>Hawaii</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:01:26 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Redbone</title>
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<category>Classic Rock</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:55:34 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Kohala</title>
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<category>Hawaii</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 10:31:08 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>The Subdudes</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:28:50 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Buffy Sainte-Marie</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 7 Sep 2009 09:55:23 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Burning Sky</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:01:16 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[This southwestern trio mixes the Native American flute playing with ambient guitar and gentle percussion.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Herb Ohta, Jr.</title>
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<category>Hawaii</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:54:25 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Doug Kershaw</title>
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<category>Cajun/Zydeco</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:43:08 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Doug Kershaw is yet another testament to the unique vitality of America's regional music scenes, and specifically, the musical fertility of southwest Louisiana. Kershaw crossed over to the world of pop when he signed a deal with Warner Bros. at the end of the 1960s, becoming a star and a hip purveyor of Cajun culture at rock clubs and on festival stages worldwide. Interestingly, he'd already sold millions of records as a country artist, and had been a member of the Grand Ole Opry since the late 1958. He dragged the sound of a whining Cajun fiddle into the mainstream with "Diggy Diggy Lo" and "Louisiana Man" (the latter has been covered countless times). Kershaw remains an active artist and has never abandoned his Cajun roots.
- Tom Heyman]]></description>
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<title>Golana</title>
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<category>Native American</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:24:01 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Golana has a life story for the books -- or at least a made-for-TV movie. Raised as Scott Cunningham in Ontario, Calif., Golana grew up immersed in Anglo American culture and oblivious of his Cherokee heritage. During a period of time spent working in corporate America, however, Cunningham began abusing alcohol and drugs. He sought help and eventually found comfort in desert excursions, flute-playing and Native American spirituality. When an aunt casually mentioned the family's Cherokee history -- one great-great-grandmother was full-blooded Cherokee -- the budding flautist felt everything fall into place. He was renamed Golana at a Cherokee ceremony, and his gentle, exploratory albums -- which range from solo flute to piano-laden instrumentals -- have found a national audience.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Douglas Blue Feather</title>
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<category>Native American</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:25:36 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Alice Gomez</title>
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<category>Native American</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 2 May 2009 10:09:45 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Latina educator and multi-instrumentalist Alice Gomez grew up in San Antonio, Tex., playing drums in her father's dance band. The experience sharpened her musically, but her path has been very different from her father's: rather than crafting dance music, Gomez's New Age leanings have led her to explore softer sounds, including Native American flute. Several commissions and residencies -- as well as a gig teaching at San Antonio Community College -- have made her a community fixture as well as a leading light of contemporary indigenous music.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>The Polynesians</title>
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<category>Hawaii</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:00:20 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Clifton Chenier</title>
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<category>Cajun/Zydeco</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 12:41:15 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A French-speaking native of Opelousas, La., Clifton Chenier's first break in the music biz came in 1954 when Elko Records released "Clifton's Blues," which became a big regional hit. Over the next three decades, Chenier's accordion-accompanied singing made him the definitive ambassador of zydeco -- a swampy, two-stepping blend of cajun, creole, RnB and blues traditions -- and one of the most influential artists of the region. An appearance on the PBS show <i>Austin City Limits</i> in 1976 led to an explosion of interest in his music, and Chenier won a Grammy for his 1982 album <i>I'm Here</i>. He died of diabetes-related kidney disease in 1987, but his legacy lives on in the music of his son, C.J. Chenier, his many singular recordings and his label, Alligator Records.
- Nate Cavalieri]]></description>
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<title>Cecilio &amp; Kapono</title>
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<category>Hawaii</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:32:28 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Cecilio Rodriguez and Henry Kapono Ka'aihue first met each other in 1973, when Rodriguez was touring with Little Anthony and the Imperials as a guitarist and music director. The two discovered they had similar musical interests, and Rodriguez flew to Hawaii during a break in touring to play some gigs with Kapono. The duo sounded so great together that they began opening for Little Anthony, and before long they'd recorded a record together, their self-titled 1974 debut. Beloved for their folk-rock/Hawaiian hybrid, the group went on to release two more popular albums, <I>Elua</I> and <I>Night Music</I>, before disbanding.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Hapa</title>
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<category>Hawaii</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 2 Dec 2009 11:07:32 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[When Keli'i Kaneali'i and Barry Flanagan met each other in 1983 neither could have predicted that just 10 years later they'd have released the top-selling Hawaiian album of all time and won six Na Hoko Hanohano awards for their self-titled debut. At the time, Kaneali'i, who had trained as a singer in the local church choir, was dancing hula and performing with artists like Martin Pahinui. Barry Flanagan was an aspiring guitarist whose imagination had been captured by Hawaiian slack key guitar on this serendipitous vacation. Soon after that trip, Flanagan moved to Hawaii, and the duo soon found their musical rapport transcended anything either had ever experienced. Melding traditional Hawaiian influences including <I>oli</I> (chant) and <I>mele</I> (song) with folk and ballad forms, the group's contemporary fusion sound took the islands by storm in 1993. Flanagan tailors his gentle guitar work to Kaneali'i's equally gentle singing.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Buckwheat Zydeco</title>
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<category>Cajun/Zydeco</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 12:41:15 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[It's difficult not to be swept away by the infectious, frenetic groove of Buckwheat Zydeco. The Creole-style hybrid Zydeco was born when Clifton Chenier took traditional African-American music from Louisiana, played on accordion and fiddle, and added a full-scale, amplified R&B rhythm section. Buckwheat Zydeco continued that tradition, and have become the most successful artists of the genre since Chenier's death. Some of their material points directly towards R&B, with shuffle beats, punchy horn lines, and classic Electric Blues riffs. Other tunes are straight ahead pounding two-step that aims to cleanse your soul by working your body to the bone. And through it all, lead singer Stanley Dural remains one of the genre's strongest voices, with a muscular baritone growl and undeniable charisma.
- Eric Shea]]></description>
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<title>Douglas Spotted Eagle</title>
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<category>Ethnic Fusion</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:42:49 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Native American flautist Douglas Spotted Eagle boasts credits for various film and television features and shows, including <I>The X-Files</I> and <I>The Tracey Ullman Show</I>. His own solo discography is nothing to sneeze at. Deeply moving, meditative compositions marry flutes with synthesizers, concocting spacious soundscapes fraught with emotion.
- Melissa Piazza]]></description>
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<title>Robert Mirabal</title>
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<category>Native American</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 09:35:10 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Na Leo Pilimehana</title>
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<category>Hawaii</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 10:14:05 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[These three childhood friends hit pay dirt in 1983 when their original composition "Local Boys" won a songwriting contest and quickly became a state-wide hit, staying at No. 1 in the charts for weeks. The teens quickly released a record by the same name, which featured a few originals and a bunch of cheeky covers of songs like "Stray Cat Strut" and "Rum 'n Coca-Cola." The group disbanded not long after that release, but they got back together in the 1990s and have released a string of albums.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Walela</title>
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<category>Native American</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:43:44 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Beausoleil</title>
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<category>Cajun/Zydeco</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 12:41:16 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Always the bridesmaid, never the bride, Beausoleil's multiple Grammy nominations have yet to bear fruit. Undaunted, "the best Cajun band in the world" and what <i>Rolling Stone</i> once called "America's best dance band" have labored on through three decades of simultaneously innovative and traditional performances. Band leader Michael Doucet ought to be regarded as a national treasure for his efforts to popularize the Cajun waltzes and two-steps of the Acadian community dances known as "fais do do." By incorporating age-old Creole influences into songs accessible to modern ears such as "Iko, Iko" and "Bo Diddley," Doucet and his confreres succeeded in bringing Cajun music out of the swamps and taking it as far abroad as Europe (where the band's following is large). Accordion, fiddle and Doucet's grainy French patois are the band's musical mainstays.
- Chad Driscoll]]></description>
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<title>Matt Schanandore</title>
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<category>Native American</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:00:43 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Gabby Pahinui</title>
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<category>Hawaii</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:19:35 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[He had just a fifth-grade education, but Charles Philip Pahinui (better known as "Gabby") ended his life a teacher. Born in the shantytowns of Honolulu in 1921, Pahinui spent his youth shining shoes, selling papers and teaching himself to play bass, steel guitar and slack-key guitar in his spare time, though he didn't read a note of music. He began gigging in Hawaii in the '30s, backing up Charles "Tiny" Brown and going on to play with giants such as Tommy Castro, George Kainapau and Alvin Isaacs. In 1960 Pahinui joined ukulele master Eddie Kamae's influential Sons of Hawaii; 12 years later, Pahinui released the first of four albums recorded with the vaunted Gabby Band, which included four of his sons and rotating members such as Sonny Chillingworth and Ry Cooder. The releases, a captivating mix of tradition and innovation, catapulted Pahinui's transcendent guitar-playing and gruff falsetto to mythic status in Hawaii. Unfortunately Pahinui's personal life took a toll: an accident on his roadwork job (which he took to support his wife and 13 children), coupled with his lifelong drinking problem, left Pahinui physically weak. He died October 13, 1980, at age 59.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>The Boogie Kings</title>
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<category>Cajun/Zydeco</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 07:51:40 -0800</pubDate>
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- Tom Heyman]]></description>
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<title>Mary Youngblood</title>
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<category>Native American</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 2 May 2009 10:09:38 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A member of the Seminole and Aleut tribes, Mary Youngblood was actually raised playing classical music. She didn't pick up a Native American flute until she was an adult -- but when she did, she was hooked. Youngblood became the first female Native American flautist to be recorded, and her albums have cast a long shadow and earned her numerous Native American Music Awards and a Grammy for <i>Beneath the Raven Moon</i>.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Amy Hanaiali'i Gilliom</title>
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<category>Hawaii</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:29:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Robert Tree Cody</title>
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<category>Native American</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:10:01 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Robert Tree Cody, of Salt River Pima and Dakota heritage, is a tireless ambassador for Native American music and culture, lecturing and performing at reservations in Canada and the U.S. and throughout the Americas. He also happens to be a well-known Native American flautist and a fixture on the pow-wow circuit. Cody's received accolades for his solo and collaborative work. In 2000 he released a well-reviewed album with Huichol musician Xavier Quijas Yxayotl called <i>Crossroads, Music of Indigenous North America</i>; 2001 saw him experimenting with flamenco on <I>Native Flamenco</i>.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Joanne Shenandoah</title>
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<category>Native American</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 2 May 2009 10:09:43 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Joanne Shenandoah is a member of the Wolf Clan of the Iroquois Confederation-Oneida Nation and a guiding light in contemporary Native American music. Shenandoah's twin loves of music and Iroquois culture started early: her mother was a clan mother and her father was an Onondaga chief and jazz guitarist. Though she played every conceivable instrument as a child, she ended up as a computer programmer in Washington DC. After fourteen years in that environment, Shenandoah underwent an awakening of sorts and began spending more time with the tribal elders, learning her people's stories and songs. This investigation deeply impacted her music -- and in positive ways. The Native American Music Awards named her "Best Female Artist" two years in a row.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Sol Ho`opi`i</title>
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<category>Hawaii</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:58:44 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The explosion of Hawaiian music can be traced back to the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco and the popular Hawaiian exhibit featuring hula dancers and musicians. Before long, the Sears catalogue was selling ukuleles and lap steel guitars, while college campuses echoed with the sounds of luaus. Sol Ho'opii rode this wave of popularity to great success in the '20s and '30s, performing many concerts throughout the U.S. and even running a talent agency that placed Hawaiians in Hollywood films. He recorded Ragtime, jazz, popular tunes, and, of course, Hawaiian standards. Whether playing sweeping crescendos, bending notes in every manner possible, or simply sliding on chords, his music was sophisticated but always fun. Hugely influential from Harlem to the Mississippi Delta to the heart of the Congo, Hoopii typifies the exotic charm of the Hawaiian guitar more than anyone else.
- Robert Leaver]]></description>
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<title>Keith Frank</title>
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<category>Cajun/Zydeco</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:04:19 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Hard-driving Zydeco that incorporates hints of Funk and Ska into songs featuring French language vocals (sung in a gritty rasp) and splashy accordion work.
- Tom Heyman]]></description>
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<title>Fiji</title>
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<category>Hawaii</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:03:38 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Ozzie Kotani</title>
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<category>Hawaii</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:12:59 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Sharon Burch</title>
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<category>Native American</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 2 May 2009 10:09:47 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Sharon Burch is a Dine (Navajo) woman who spoke only Navajo until her formal schooling began. That strong grounding in culture -- and her early exposure to traditional songs and prayers -- has deeply impacted her music-making. She mainly sings in Navajo.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>The Flute Keeper</title>
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<category>Native American</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:25:51 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Jerry Byrd</title>
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<category>Hawaii</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:32:36 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Chubby Carrier</title>
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<category>Cajun/Zydeco</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:41:15 -0800</pubDate>
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<rhap:artist xmlns:rhap="rhap">Chubby Carrier</rhap:artist>
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<title>Country Comfort</title>
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<category>Country-Folk</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:58:27 -0800</pubDate>
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<rhap:artist xmlns:rhap="rhap">Country Comfort</rhap:artist>
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<description><![CDATA[Country Comfort's wonderfully lazy Country-Folk songs are as easy on the ears as any Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young album. They blend three- and four-part vocal harmonies into a laid-back acoustic country sound that's somewhat influenced by the slapback tempos and weeping inflections of the Bakersfield Sound. Country Comfort get really interesting when they're knowingly or unknowingly (it's hard to tell with these stony cats) approximating that South Pacific island-folk sound that incorporates Hawaiian Slack-Key guitar picking. This is perfect music for smiling to when you happen to be doing absolutely nothing at all.
- Eric Shea]]></description>
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<title>Ledward Kaapana</title>
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<category>Hawaii</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:30:51 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[One of the true modern masters of Hawaiian Slack-Key Guitar, Ledward Kaapana has broadened the scope of the style while helping preserve its traditions. Kaapana re-tunes the guitar to an open chord and sets his right hand on autopilot, fingerpicking in a style that would make old-time blues masters nod with approval. His sweet, pulsating falsetto adds traditional melodies -- though not without revealing outside influences -- from rock and jazz to blues and country. Frequent tours have helped spread Slack-Key Guitar to many new areas, and collaborations with diverse artists, including new age pianist George Winston, slide guitarist Sonny Landreth and bluegrass fiddler Alison Krauss, have also widened Kaapana's audience.
- Jessy Terry]]></description>
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<title>Zachary Richard</title>
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<category>Cajun/Zydeco</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 09:34:36 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Zachary Richard is a regular player around New Orleans, often seen at the Maple Leaf, Tipitina's and, of course, Jazz Fest. His unique style seamlessly blends Zydeco, New Orleans Blues, and Roots rock influences. This is music to -- as they say down there -- "laissez le bon temps rouler."
- Chad Driscoll]]></description>
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<title>Jimmy Clanton</title>
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<category>Cajun/Zydeco</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:51:35 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Sean Na'auao</title>
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<category>Hawaii</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:13:30 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Sonny Lim</title>
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<category>Hawaii</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:25:23 -0700</pubDate>
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