Suggestions of Excellent Hawaiian music?

"Black Sand" Excellent disc!

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004TDOV/qid=1011304000/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_75_2/103-8441608-1416627

My favorite (out of about 5 slack guitar CDs) is Cyril Pahinui (Gabby's son)/Bob Brozman's: Four Hands Hot & Sweet. Listening to it with eyes shut, I forget where I am.

http://www.cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/SID=763848733/pagename=/RP/CDN/FIND/album.html/itemid=633490

Todd

(Shameless self-plug!) I am biased, but I think our band's recording is one of the best quality recordings out there. Recorded onto 2" analog, then mastered onto HDCD. Check it out at:

www.islandriddim.com

-Kevin

I've got to agree with Paul above: "Facing Future" has some nicely recorded tracks (with others being very over-produced), especially "Over/Wonderful" from "Finding Forrester" (and "Meet Joe Black" and the eToys commercial). These folks chose it for a reason and I think you'll find brudda Iz' voice irresistable. I have noticed that my CD-R dubs of Israel's CD's sound better than the originals.
Also, I'd check out the Dancing Cat series of ki ho'alu music (Dennis Kamakahi, Cyril Pahinui, etc.). These were fairly well-produced by George Winston.
Finally, there are a few modern Hawai'ian CD's that aren't too shabby. John Cruz - "Acoustic Soul", Colon - "The Groove Machine", Guy Cruz - "Judgement Time". I haven't listened critically to these CD's, but I'll throw 'em in the Theta tonight. They're not 5 star audiophile recordings, but probably 3-4 star recordings of acoustic guitar and vocals. Email me for other suggestions if you like these - I've got over a hundred Hawai'ian CD's ([email protected]).
Cole
PS Kevin, thanks for the heads up, I'll have to add your CD to my collection.

I second the IZ recommendation above, though some tracks are recorded better than others. Also, check out Kealii Reichel, Sister Robi (Kahakalau), and the newer Brothers Cazimero cds, as all have excellent recording quality.