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Hula Dancer (charsplat/flickr)What is the Real Sound of Hawaii?
For the third consecutive year, a slack-key album took the Hawaiian Grammy. Today on Soundcheck: We look at why islanders say there is much more to their music and check out some of it. Also: The 14-piece band Brooklyn Qawwali Party performs live.
What is the Real Sound of Hawaii?
Along with the call of the conch, slack-key guitar music has become synonymous with the sound of Hawaii. And for the third consecutive year, a slack-key album took the Grammy for Best Hawaiian Album. But islanders say there is much more to their music. We speak with Daniel Ho, producer of the Grammy winning Legends Of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar, Live from Maui, and Hawaiian journalist Gary Chun, about Hawaiian music today.
Satellite of Love
Frank Ahrens, media and entertainment industry reporter at the Washington Post, asks what the proposed merger of XM and Sirius could mean for the average music fan.
Brooklyn Qawwali Party
The 14-piece band Brooklyn Qawwali Party makes jazz inspired by Pakistani singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. They perform live.
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Soundcheck received an overwhelming response to our segment on the effects of urban noise. So much so that Arline Bronzaft decided to address the feedback. Listen to the original segment and read Bronzaft's response.
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