HAWAII - SOUNDS OF PARADISE BY NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
Be careful! By listening to this music and looking at the accompanying pictures, you may suddenly find yourself in a travel agent's office without any recollection of how you got there. HAWAII, from the "National Geographic Destination" series, pays homage to one of America's favorite vacation destinations, which has a unique and interesting history all its own. The music of these islands features the breezy sounds of characteristic instruments like the steel string guitar, ukulele and various forms of percussion, as well as the romantic Hawaiian-language singing of the album's vocalists. Among the artists featured are contemporary innovators Sunday Manoa and Keali'i Reichel as well as legends like Gabby Pahinui and Edith Kanaka'ole.