Bridging the Gap

This week, the Bridging the Gap gang is playing all vinyl! I brought some soul, funk, and jazz records from my personal collection to share on the air with you tonight. 

All this week, the Bridging the Gap crew is turning out an All Vinyl Week... and I'm following up with a few favorites on wax... this time it's all LP's and 12"s, but still eclectic.

The music from tonight's special all-vinyl edition came from my own personal collection of Hawaiian music. The first hour is full of classics and music off of some hard-to-find albums. The second hour is meant to whisk you away with my favorite mix of Hawaiian symphony music mixed with mele kahiko and so much more. Come live the fantasy with me!. 

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All this week, the Bridging the Gap crew is turning out an All Vinyl Week... and I'm kicking it off with a set entirely of 45's. Why? Because it's a challenge, and some of my rarest records are on 45s.

Since its been sunny and quite muggy in recent days, tonights theme is based upon the sun, heat, summer, and so much more.  Expect to hear a diverse set of music ranging from surf rock, reggae, soul, R&B, and hip-hop. 

Neo-soul, R&B, and instrumental beat heavy, with a touch of jazz and hip hop...

We're kicking off a new series of Bridging the Gap, called The Time Capsule... where we take a deep dive into a single historical moment in musical history. Tonight we're joined by Sharene Taba, from HPR-2 who is curating a selection of Punk and New Wave from Hawai'i.

No serious theme for this session of Bridging the Gap, just going back and forth between World and Downtempo, with a few new releases mixed into some favorites.

Tonight's episode is a tribute to all the artist that have been featured in NPR's Tiny Desk concert series.  Started in 2008 by Bob Boilan of NPR's All Songs Considered, it has become a staple to commercial mainstream artist to the smaller underground artists.  Expect to hear a mixture of indie, with R&B, Electronic, Hip-hop and more.

Sharing a collection of songs to play for your plants in celebration of Earth Day. Also good for humans, pets, and loved ones.

Lots of sunny spring lo-fi sprinkled with songs that have feel-good vibes to help you relax and recharge on this Wednesday night. 

Happy 4/20! Celebrating the day with a selection of Reggae, Psychedelic Indie Rock, and just a little bit of sticky Sludge.

Keeping the mood and sound mostly mellow for this Monday session of Bridging the Gap. With new music from Lord Huron, Caoilfhionn Rose, Khruangbin and more.

Before beginning tonight's show, I just want to say thank you everyone for supporting our fund drive and helping to make Hawaii Public Radio give local programing, like Briding the Gap, exists.  We've reached our goal and its all thanks to you the listener and supporter of Hawaii Public Radio. 

Its the end of another wonderful week and a great time to explore some new music that I found recently.  Expect a rotation of familiar artists as well as some that aren't so familar with.  You'll hear sounds of hip-hop, funk, r&b, and indie music inbetween. 

Music that is easy on the ears to help you mellow out after a long day. Primarily indie rock with hints of jazz, world, and soul. 

Please consider becoming a sustaining member of HPR during our spring fund drive. Thank you for your support!

Exploring beat-driven global groove for this session Bridging the Gap, with a deep dive into remixed South Asian, African, and Caribbean sounds. If you have the means to support public radio, please consider becoming a sustaining member.

Keeping the music light and fun tonight! Don't forget to become a member of Hawaiʻi Public Radio by financially supporting this program and all the other wonderful content you hear on both streams.

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Playing a lot of tried and true favorites for this session of Bridging the Gap, because it's late, because I'm exhausted, and because it's my birthday (so I'm doing what I want). If you have the means to support public radio, please consider becoming a sustaining member.

This week, we'll be exploring songs that have been sample or reproduced in other songs.  It'll be a wide varitey of genres we go through from soul, world, funk, and indie rock inbetween. 

A fresh set of feel-good and mellow indie sounds to bring us into the warm spring weather. Featuring newly released music from Real Estate, Big Thief, Xiu Xiu, Alicia Clara (pictured), L'impératrice, and more. 

Our Spring 2021 Fund Drive is underway, so I'm keeping the music close to home and playing a lot of favorites both old and new and trying to keep the music light and cool. If you have the means to support public radio, please consider becoming a sustaining member.

Digging through new Indie Rock and a few favorites for this session of Bridging the Gap.

Its the end of the week, but the beginning of a new month.  Shuffling through the musical library to find new songs as well as old songs that have collected a little dust throughout the years.  Its a shuffle of genres that include rare groove soul, funk, indie, and much more. 

Happy April, folks! Tonight's show is full of rare groove soul cuts, most which have been re-released over the past couple of years. A great listening experience to satisfy your soul.

So I'm clearing the music build-up of my virtual desk, and playing a few discoveries and a few other songs that I just can't get out of my head for this session of Bridging the Gap. Expect an eclectic blend of Indie Rock, World Music, and other tasty bits.

Indie rock + pop + a dash of Americana + a sprinkling of soul = Indie-ish. 

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Ushering in warmer weather with a dreamy blend of Bossa, International Indie, African fusion and more for this session of Bridging the Gap.

Since today is the start for a 3 day weekend for some, why not have an extra day to dance/relax to.  Tonight's theme are songs that I love to groove/dance/sing to if I were DJing.  Genres include Disco, Soul, Dance, House and More.

Starting the show with a song entitled "Colouour" by Moses Sumney (pictured), and we will see where the rest of the night takes us. An assortment of mellow beats, celestial voices, and ambient sounds tonight on Bridging the Gap.

With this slightly rainy weather I'm gonna 'hana hou' this older session of Bridging the Gap from last year which was a chilled and mellow selection of Jazz, Bossa, and Downtempo.