Israel Kamakawiwo'ole - Ka 'Ano'i
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Artist: Israel Kamakawiwo'oleEdition: Music CD
Format: Original recording reissued
CD Release Date: 1999-02-16
Music Label: Discos Tropical
Soundtracks:
- Margarita
- Coney Island Washboard Woman
- Kainoa
- Ka Na'i Aupuni
- I'll Be There/Warren's Song
- Men Who Ride Mountains
- Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World
- Hanohano O Cowboy
- Sea of Love
- You Don't Know Me
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Free Music Review: Somewhere?
Hit: 4 Stars
Love this man's voice and interpretation of every song but was very disappointed that the version of somewhere over the Rainbow was not the version I was expecting. I've heard it combined with A Wonderful World but this was not it. Still enjoying the rest of the album.
Ka 'Ano'i Poster
This album was the first solo album that Israel (IZ) Kamakawiwo'ole recorded in 1990. He was still a member of the Makaha Sons of Ni'ihau but left the group in the early 90's. The album includes Iz's first version of Over The Rainbow/What a Wonderful World that was later included on Facing Future the first solo album after leaving the Makaha Sons of Ni'ihau. That song became known all over the world after it was played in the movie, Find Forrester. For the first time, a Hawaiian artist began getting play on mainland USA. No collection of Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's music would be compete without this enjoyable album!Better known among his fans as "Iz," Israel Kamakawiwo'ole was a phenomenon in the Hawai'ian Islands totally below Mainland radar. So important was Iz's singing to Native Hawa'ians and Hawai'i residents alike that Governor Ben Cayetano declared a statewide day of mourning when Iz passed away in 1997--this despite his controversial Hawai'i-sovereignty politics. Ka Ano'i was the 1991 winner of the prestigious Na Hoku Hanohano Award for best contemporary Hawai'ian album, and Iz himself won for best male vocalist that year. This album is appealing mainly for its honesty and simplicity: simplicity of tone consistent with the casual ukulele and slack-key sound, and honesty of voice through Hawai'i-enhanced allegorical tracks like "Coney Island Washer Woman" and "I'll Be There." A later version of Iz's "Over the Rainbow" was featured in the 1998 film Meet Joe Black, as well. Despite his imposing stature, Iz was an embodiment of the simplicity and gentleness in the music itself, more noticeable in this early album than in his later work. --Erik Macki
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