Aloha Got Soul - Soul, AOR and Disco in Hawai'i 1979 - 1985

New on Strut, Aloha Got Soul encompasses a vibrant era of contemporary music made in Hawai'i during the 1970s to the mid-1980s as jazz, rock, funk, disco and R&B co-existed alongside Hawaiian folk music. Hawai'i's identity had undergone huge change: statehood into America in '59 and the Vietnam War were the backdrop as Hawai'i's youth found inspiration in a new wave of international music led initially by The Beatles and Stones and, later, by US R&B bands like Earth Wind and Fire and Tower Of Power. Garage bands flourished during the '60s and, by the '70s, live music was at its peak. The album features cuts from Tender Leaf, Mike Lundy, Hal Bradbury, Roy and Roe, Lemuria, Aura and more.