These guys play a delicate but beautiful CSNY-like folk with dual acoustic guitars and lots of peaceful easy feelin'. The addition of what I thought to be a mellotron in track A5, from the rarer second album, made me sit up in my chair, and laugh unintentionally out of sheer surprise:
Our prog-angel the Holy Mellotron turned out to be a string trio on scanning the lyrics sheet unfortunately.
And there are lots of treats on the first, gorgeously-covered Seabird album too to discover.
From discogs a brief bio:
The original Olomana was a duo consisting of Jerry Santos and Robert Beaumont [who wrote most, but not all, of the music here -Ed.]
Beaumont passed away in 1982. Presently Olomana consists of Jerry Santos, Haunani Apoliona, Wally Suenaga, and Willy Paikule.
olomanamusic.com
Note there is a third record from 1980 which I will listen to someday.
Mahalo to these great Hawaiian artists!
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Olomana 2
https://www.sendspace.com/pro/dl/217hzx
Happy 2016 my friend with peace and even better music!Cheers!
ReplyDeleteThank you for this amazing blog. I hope you keep it going this year (and every year) like you did the last. So many great discoveries from places I never would have been motivated enough to even think of exploring.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your 2016 & beyond.
Many thanks, I appreciate it!
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ReplyDeleteCabinessence timely hello,
Welcomes the Time
For a Change
Thank you ever so much for all the exciting discoveries
and enlightening gems you've shared with us!
Wishing you well bro :)
with peace, prosperity and
many new musical treasures approaching!!
:)