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Sweet Hollywaiians 2012 US tour

Monday, October 15th, 2012

Fans of Japanese flavored Hawaiian music get ready, the fabulous Sweet Hollywaiians are coming to America!

#1) Oct 16 8:05PM at Freight & Salvage in Berkerley, CA
http://www.thefreight.org/sweet-hollywaiians-leftover-dreams

#2) Oct 18 8:00PM at Hip Kitty Jazz in Claremont, CA
http://www.hipkittyjazz.com/

#3) Oct 19 8:00PM at Boulevard Music in Culver City, CA
http://boulevardmusic.com/livemusic/382.html

#4) Oct 21 7:30PM at Old Town Music Hall
http://oldtownmusichall.wordpress.com/

Be sure to checkout our 2009 Interview with the group.

Links
Sweet Hollywaiians Official
Sweet Hollywaiians Facebook
J-Pop World News and Comments Homepage
J-Pop World Homepage

Mr. Fukushima And His Sweet Hollywaiians new album “Same Old Song Book”

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012

For those who can’t get enough Japanese-flavored Hawaiian music its you’re lucky day. The Sweet Hollywaiians (see our August 23, 2009 Interview) are back with a new album.

Same Old Song Book (May 20, 2012)
1. My Melancholy Baby
2. Yellow Bird
3. You Might Think
5. Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone
6. Mexican Divorce
7. Sweet Honey Bee
8. I Feel Like Going Home
9. In the Shade Of the Old Apple Tree
10. Home (When shadows fall)
11. Sometimes I’m Happy
12. I’m Following You

Links
Sweet Hollywaiians Official
Official Facebook
J-Pop World News and Comments Homepage
J-Pop World Homepage

Sweet Hollywaiians Interview Comments

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

Post your comments about our Sweet Hollywaiians Interview and let us know what you thought of them.

“We bought vintage RCA ribbon microphones and instruments to prepare ourselves for recording. It took about 2 or 3 hours to complete the song. It was really fun like a party.” – Nobumasa Takada

It may be a long way from modern Japan to the Hawaiian music of the 1920s, but there is one group, the Sweet Hollywaiians, who have somehow managed to bring to life the essence of those comforting, laidback sounds. The Sweet Hollywaiians play a nostalgic form of music they describe as “authentic Hawaiian, swing, ragtime, blues, calypso, Italian music.” Composed of Tomotaka Matsui, Nobumasa Takada, Takashi Nakayama and Kouichi Tsutsumishita, they have just released their latest album, “Ticklin’ The Strings” and are making preparations for another tour of the US.

So whip up a few Mai Tais, grab that ukulele you keep in the closet, and come take a listen to the soothing sounds of the tropics — by way of Osaka — and discover which of the Sweet Hollywaiians has mastered that ever important art of climbing a coconut tree — Hawaiian style!

On August 23, 2009 Nobumasa Takada from Sweet Hollywaiians was kind enough to give an interview to J-Pop World. Sweet Hollywaiians Interview.