The WAITIKI 7: New Sounds of Exotica

While everyone is having fun on the WFMU Booze Cruise, radio host Gaylord Fields has to work! So he’s decided to bring his show onboard to lead an oceanic expedition to the tropics! The program will feature a solid two hours of the finest exotica this side of Waikiki, Hong Kong and Nairobi, with the centerpiece being a live performance by the Waitiki 7. Hailing from both mainland coasts and Hawaii, this septet carries on the Polynesian pop tradition of Martin Denny and Arthur Lyman, down to the expertly human-sung bird calls. If Thor Heyerdahl had a band like this on the Kon-Tiki, he never would have gone ashore!

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Wow! We’ve climbed the charts. Thanks to NPR’s Morning Edition for featuring our songs “Totem Pole,” “Left Arm of Buddha,” and “Ouanalao” as their interlude music over the past week. We’re also happy to say that we’re the #2 most-added world album!

JazzWeek World Chart (PDF)

Many thanks to Mitchell Feldman for his fine radio promotion work.

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