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Israel Kaʻanoʻi Kamakawiwoʻole [a] (May 20, 1959 – June 26, 1997), also called Braddah IZ or just simply IZ, was a Native Hawaiian musician and singer. He achieved commercial success and popularity outside of Hawaii with his 1993 studio album, Facing Future.
Bill Keale's first album, "Islands Away," was released in 1999. His albums feature lyrics in Hawaiian and English. Some of his best-known songs are "After The Rain" from the album of the same name, "Kai'lua Rain," "Ala Ka'i," and his rendition of "Somewhere Over The Rainbow/What a Wonderful World." His albums "Keeper of The Rain" and "After The ...
Facing Future is the second album by Hawaiian singer Israel Kamakawiwoʻole, released in 1993.The best-selling album of all time by a Hawaiian artist, Facing Future combines traditional Hawaiian-language songs, hapa-haole songs with traditional instrumentation, and two Jawaiian (Island reggae) tracks.
The Voice has two Hawaiian singers in season 25's competition, so it's only right that they teamed up in the Battle Rounds for an iconic duet!Kamalei Kawa'a and Gabriel Goes took the stage during ...
The album includes an upbeat Jawaiian version of Kamakawiwoʻole's popular medley blending "Over the Rainbow" with "What a Wonderful World". [3] This version differs from the highly regarded acoustic rendition, which had been recorded in one take in 1988.
The cut version — Over the Rainbow — was released in 2001 on the posthumous album Alone In Iz World. The cut version became a sleeper hit, after charting across Europe in 2010 and 2011 and in the meanwhile being featured in numerous film and TV soundtracks throughout the 2000s and 2010s.
Jan. 10—Nicholas Lum—one-third of the Na Hoku Hanohano Award-winning trio Keauhou—aims to challenge how Hawaiian music is defined with his new solo album, "Pewa." Nicholas Lum—one-third of ...
Ho was a singer of Native Hawaiian, Chinese, Portuguese, Dutch, and German descent. [2] He was born in the small Honolulu neighborhood of Kakaʻako to Emily (Honey) Leimaile Silva and James Ah You Puao Ho, but he grew up in Kāneʻohe on the windward side of the island of Oʻahu.