Believe me, this won't be over anyone's head. It's really pretty much like you are at a very loose party - just fun, and relaxing. Yet the music has a lot of intensity to it, too. It's a lot of up-tempo music. We are not going to put anyone to sleep. |
If there is one word to describe (the chanting) it's powerful and moving. You can have a roomful of noisy people, and if someone started chanting, you would button up very fast. You know something is happening. |
It's got a good representation of what contemporary Hawaiian music really is. |
There's a transcendent quality to Hawaiian music. There's something very grounded in it, very roots-oriented. It grabbed me so much that it changed me. |