20 Best of Island Music

Best of Island Music - Caribbean, Hawaii, Tahiti, Fiji…An hour of gorgeous summer sun with very enjoyable, laid-back and relaxed island music, setting out from the Caribbean, travelling to the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii, the Marquesas Islands, Fiji, New Zealand, Tahiti, the Cook Islands, and to Micronesia. Information about the artists and each of the pieces.1. Caribbean/Steeldrums: Steelasophical - Island in the Sun (Burgess/Belafonte) - 3:312. Tahiti: Field recordings by David Fanshawe - Aparima Puurai (Tiapati Avaemai) - 3:263. New Zealand/Maori: Kahurangi Maori - E ko te kautoki (trad., arr. Kahurangi Maori Dance Ensemble) - 1:334. Caribbean/Martinique: Wapa Sakitanou - Changé la mi mwen (Christian Valléjo/Sonia Marc Lasosso) - 3:035. Caribbean/Steeldrums: The Ebony Steelband - Yellow Bird (trad.,arr.Dexter Joseph) - 1:546. Marquesas Islands: Voix des Îles - Na Ai Tutu Tuetue? (trad.) - 2:237. Caribbean: Pablo Cárcamo - Fantasía caribeña (Pablo Cárcamo) - 5:008. Fiji: Rewasese Entertainment Group - Ni Sa Bula (trad.) - 3:009. Cook Islands: Recordings by David Fanshawe - Reureu Drum Dance (trad.) - 1:3710. Micronesia: Recordings by David Fanshawe - Romonum I (trad.) - 4:3411. Caribbean/Haïti: Compagnie de Ballet Folklorique Nationale d’Haïti - Kongo (trad.) - 5:2812. Fiji: Rewasese Entertainment Group - Vei Yanu Yanu (trad.) - 2:5413. Cook Islands: Recordings by David Fanshawe - Manihiki Action Song (trad.) - 2:5414. Marquesas Islands: Voix des Îles - A Nui Te Mahao E (Song to the Virgin) (trad.) - 3:2215. Caribbean/Steeldrums: Steelasophical - Liston Market (trad., arr. Trotman) - 2:5616. Caribbean/Martinique: Wapa Sakitanou - A dou man man (Sonia Marc Lasosso) - 3:1617. Hawaii/Song: Halau Hula Ka No’eau - Kaulana Na Pua / Mele Ai Pohaku (Famous are the flowers/Stone-eating song) (trad.) - 2:0418. Caribbean/Steeldrums: Southside Harmonics Steel Orchestra - Jamaica Farewell (Burgie, arr. Eustace Benjamin) - 2:0119. Fiji: Rewasese Entertainment Group - Vula Serau (trad.) - 3:0020. Tahiti: Field recordings by David Fanshawe - Tamarii Rurutu Aue! (Iareta Moeau) - 1:45Total playing time: 59:25 min.