Raiatea Helm

Well, if you want a gorgeous female voice to go along with that last bit, why don't we switch regions to Hawaii and listen to a little Raiatea? A couple of years ago we were at a Hawaiian music and culture festival, which was really good, but Amalia was getting grumpy and we were heading towards the gate. As we mosied, Amalia calmed down enough for us to here this amazing band. We decided to chance going back in, so we did, and were rewarded with some great music. After these fellows we heard finished, a woman came on (can't remember her name either) who was even better. "Wow!" we thought, "let's see who is next, the program says 'Raiatea Helm.' Let's check her out."

Needless to say, we were completely smitten with the pure tones of this young singer from (I think) Maui. Her album is mostly good: the stuff she does in Hawaiian is outstanding, but the English stuff is pretty sentimental and forgetable.

This clip mostly does her justice, although the sound quality is not great: