Traditional Music- Polynesia

Hawaii

musicians & composers:

ernest ka'ai

queen lili'uokalani

likelike

leleiohoku II

joseph kekuku

john kameaaloha and his hawaiians

Kai Davis

Kamaka Fernandez

Katherine Aaunakea

tina kaapana

ned kaapana

ledward kaapana

Kealoha Kalama

Keith Nakaganeku

Kenneth Makuakane

Sally Kahoiwai Peters

Salomon Hoopii

genoa kaewe

Agnes Malabey

Lena Machado

Linda Dela Cruz

Myrtle K. Hilo

Raiatea Helm.

rose moe & tau moe with the madam rivier's Hawaiians

Auntie Alice Namakelua

sol hoopii/sol ho'opi'i

the Hoopii Brothers

Andy Cummings

Benny Kalama

Bill Aliiloa Lincoln

Dennis Pavao

Gabby Pahinui

George Kainapau

John Piilani Watkins

Kamaka Fernandez

Zaone Kaaialii

Frank Ferera

Sam Ku West

palani Vaughan

don ho

Alfred apaka 

sol k. bright & his hollywaiians

andy cummings and his Hawaiian serenaders

the lei momi sweethearts

harry kapuni & his royal Polynesians

noi lane's Hawaiian orchestra

andy iona

jerry byrd

joe keawe

Leonard Kwan

Raymond Kane

Leinaala Haili

Leland "Atta" Isaacs, Sr.

Sonny Chillingworth

Ledward Ka`apana

Peter Moon 

Keola Beamer

'king' bennie nawahi

lani mcintire

duke kamoku and his islanders

dennis pavao

the makaha sons of ni'ihau (Israel kamakawiwo'ole

hui 'ohana

Smithsonian folkways albums:

-Hawaiian steel guitar classics: 1927-1938

-kalams quartet:early Hawaiian classics; 1927-1932

-hawaiian chants, hula and love dance songs

-Tony Ku: Original Hawaiian Steel Guitar

-Kaulaheaonamiku Kiona: Hawaiian Chant, Hula, and Music

nonesuch albums:

-island music of the south pacific

Tahiti

nonesuch album:

-the gaugin years - songs and dances of Tahiti

fiji

Smithsonian folkways album:

Fiji: Songs of Love and Homeland: String Band Music

artists included:

vatulawa trio

baidamudamu village group

vuna village group

solovola village group

naselesele village group

dreketi (qamea) village group

caucau ni na somo group

waica village group

Vanuatu

Smithsonian folkways album:

-Vanuatu: The Music Tradition of West Futuna

artists included:

fatu'ana

numania and nijai

kuatoga

saola

naparau

kalanu

vakesa

new zealand

smithsonian folkways album:

-maori songs of new Zealand

-Kahurangi: music of the new Zealand maori

solomon islands

smithsonian folkways albums:

-polynesian songs and games from bellona (mungiki), solomon islands

-polynesian dances from bellona (mungiki), solomon islands

are are music & documentary