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Polynesian Paradoxes: Tikahiri

Thursday, May 28th, 2009
Posted in Mele / Music, Pāleo / Albums

Kahi (The Place): Tahiti, Te Ao Ma’ohi/French Polynesia
Think of music from Tahiti, and you’ll think of the gentle sway of the ‘aparima or the pulsing, multi-layered rhythms for an ‘ote’a. But the music of our cousins to the south goes beyond the melodies of the Heiva. Take an act like Tikahiri,fronted by brothers Aroma and [...]