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The new mature Chisato Moritaka. Breaking away from her idol roots, Chisato Moritaka returns with a wonderful, but sad ballad. “Kaze ni Fukarete” is an awesome single worth owning if you are a fan of Chisato! ARTIST: Moritaka Chisato CD SINGLE: ロックン・オムレツ (Rock’n Omelette) LABEL: Read More …
GROUP: moumoon ALBUM: moumoon LABEL: avex trax CATALOG #: AVCD-23681/B DURATION: 1:05:40 RELEASE DATE: November 12, 2008 Do you remember? don’t wanna be PINKY RING more than love フィリア 愛の音 3 days magic Myself Cinderella Stars are bright Sunrise SWEET HEART ~acoustic ver.~ Tiny Star Read More …
For Janet Jackson fans, to have a large number of her hit songs was just amazing. My favorite Janet Jackson album release from 1986-1996. ARTIST: Janet Jackson ALBUM: Design of a Decade 1986/1996 LABEL: A&M DURATION: 1:15:20 RELEASE DATE: October 10, 1995 Runaway What Have Read More …
“Paramore’s “brand new eyes” is a magnificent album. It’s one thing to enjoy all songs on the album but in repeated listens, your mind starts to notice all the other elements in this album. From the vocals, the music, the songwriting but also the sheer Read More …
An incredible Amuro Namie song and a wonderful arrangement from TK! “CAN YOU CELEBRATE?” is one of those rare romantic love ballads that I have no doubt will be used for weddings for many decades to come! It’s a great song! ARTIST: Amuro Namie (安室奈美恵) Read More …
Fantastic! “Don’t Wanna Cry” is another musical home run by the Amuro and TK team! ARTIST: 安室奈美恵 (Amuro Namie) CD SINGLE: Don’t Wanna Cry LABEL: avex trax CATALOG #: AVDD-20119 DURATION: 18:36 RELEASE DATE: March 13, 1996 Don’t wanna cry Present Don’t wanna cry (Original Read More …
“A cover album featuring a collaboration between Harry Connick, Jr. and legendary music producer Clive Davis. The best cover album by Harry featuring covers of popular songs originally sung by Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Nat King Cole and even songs sung by The Beatles, Billy Read More …
If there is a music artist from Hawaii who I can easily say, has an “angelic voice” would be Natalie Ai Kamauu. Natalie made her debut in 2005 with her album “E” and since then has accumulated numerous Na Hoku Hanohano Award for “Female Vocalist Read More …
“The Early Years at RKO” features wonderful collaborations between Astaire with the Gerswhin brothers, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter and Jerome Kern. Songs that are considered not only as classics but masterpieces and for those who loved these RKO Astaire/Rogers films, these Fred Astaire songs will Read More …
Back in 1979, an English synth-pop band known as Blancmange featuring vocalist Neil Arthur and keyboardist Stephen Luscombe made their debut. In the ’80s, with the synth-driven melodies of New Wave music, Blancmange (named after the dessert) would be introduced to the masses courtesy of Read More …
As part of the Hawaiian Cultural Renaissance of the 70s, a band that was well-known was The Sunday Manoa. Featuring ukulele and slack-key guitarist Peter Moon, Palani Vaughn, Albert “Baby” Kalima Jr. and singer/slack-key guitarist Cyril Pahinui (son of Gabby Pahinui). But as Palani, Albert Read More …
There are many brothers, sisters, cousins and families from Hawai’i that have formed popular music groups. During the Hawaiian Renaissance of the late ’60s and ’70s which include artists such as Gabby Pahinui, Keola and Kapono Beamer, Hui ‘Ohana which included Dennis Pavao and the Read More …
Lena Machado, best known as “Hawaii’s Songbird” and also inducted to the first Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame in 1995 (Along with notable names such as Helen Desha Beamer, Alfred Apaka, Henri Berger, Sol K. Bright Sr., Josephe Kekuku, Charles E. King, Mary Pukui and Read More …
When it comes to music from Hawai’i, Kapena is a well-known group since the late ’80s. The original Kapena trio featured Hawaii-based Portuguese/Canadian Kelly DeLima and Tongan brothers Tiva and Timo Tatofi. And the group has released a lot of wonderful music since they first Read More …
Possibly my favorite K-Pop group since before their debut and still as of now, LE SSERAFIM’s first album “UNFORGIVEN” has been released and you can purchase it on Amazon or purchase it digitally! For those who don’t own any of their previous mini-albums, the good Read More …