Sandii's Hawai'i 2nd Front Cover

Sandii's Hawai'i 2nd

Release Date

2024-09-20

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Sandii's 2nd Hawaiian album, released in 1997 with a guest list of talented and renowned Hawaiian musicians, is finally available digitally.

Sandii, vocalist of Sandii & the Sunsetz, who successfully blended Eastern, Western, and Pop influences and was active mainly in the 1980s, returned to her roots of Hawaiian music and hula in the 1990s with this Hawaiian album, produced by Makoto Kubota.

The album features guitarist Yuki Alana Yamauchi, known for his slack key technique, Martin Pahinui, whose father is legendary Hawaiian musician Gabby Pahinui, John Koko, a member of The Makaha Sons and worldwide Ukulele player Herb Ohta as know as Ohta-san.

The cover photographer is Itaru Hirama, who has photographed many musicians, including "NO MUSIC, NO LIFE.", as known as a corporate message of TOWER RECORDS.

This is the masterpiece of 90s world music. The variety of songs and authentic Hawaiian arrangements are tremendously outstanding.

Artist Profile

  • Sandii

    Sandii lived in Hawaii during her late teens and most of her 20s. In that period, she sang in clubs and studied hula with Aunty Bella Richards of Kailua. She also met and bonded with Pattye Kealohalani Wright, who later became a Kumu Hula through Aunty Lani Kalama (1990). Sandii has the various, many different musical phases of her recording career. She has recorded as Sandi Ai, Sandy Hohn, Sandii & the Sunsetz, and now as Sandii. Since 1996, her albums have been Hawaiian or Polynesian-theme.

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