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The Seductive Sounds of Hawaii: Polynesian Girl

Nani Wolfgramm and His Islanders
The Seductive Sounds of Hawaii: Polynesian Girl

Nani Wolframm and his band perform a selection of popular Polynesian songs including “Maui Chimes” and "Sweet Leilani," which is a standard of both Hawaiian and popular music and won an Academy Award for best original song from the movie Waikiki Wedding in 1937. This album is one of three recordings by Nani Wolfgramm and his Islanders from the Monitor Records world music catalogue. Twelve instrumental tracks featuring slack key guitar and ukulele capture the seductive sounds of Hawaiian music. No liner notes are available.

*Content Advisory: The title and description of this album demonstrate a harmful trend in representations of Hawaiian music and Hawai‘i as a whole. It characterizes Hawaiian music and instruments such as the steel guitar as “seductive,” a stereotype that has been harmful to Hawaiian people. It is not our intention to judge the artist for engaging in this trend; popular music at the time expected it of Hawaiian musicians in order to make a living. We simply want to acknowledge the existence of this trend and encourage listeners to think critically about their own conceptions of Hawaiian music and Hawai‘i in general. For more information, click here.
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Track Listing

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