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Pacific Islands Music and Dance: A Cyber Guide
Compiled by Amy Stillman, this site provides a comprehensive overview of resources available for those interested in Pacific Islands music and dance. To access the guide click here.

Australia: songs of the Aborigines and traditional music of Papua New Guinea. Lyrichord. Performers: Various. 1980. CD recording.
[UNSW Call No. S CD/782]

Hawai'ian drum dance chants: Sounds of powerin time. Smithsonian Folkways. Performers: Various. 1989. CD recording.
[UNSW Call No. S CD/700]

Ki Ho'alu: That's slack key guitar. Studio on the Mountains. Performers: Raymond Kane, Sonny Chillingworth, Ledward Kaapana, Leonard Kwan, George Kahamoku, Diana Aki, Haunani Apoliona, guitars. 1994. Video recording.
[UNSW Call No. SVID 787.870969/1]

Kumu hula: Keepers of a culture. Rhapsody Films. Performers: Various. 1989. Video recording.
[UNSW Call No. SVID 793.30922/2]

Music of Marginal Polynesia: Fiji, Wallis and Futuna, Tuvalu. Victor Entertainment. Performers: Various. 1994. CD recording.
[UNSW Call No. S CD/697]

Music of Polynesia. Victor Entertainment. Performers: Various. 1994. CD recording.
[UNSW Call No. S CD/698 /(1-4)]

Pacific Review of Ethnomusicology. UCLA Ethnomusicology Students Association. Performers: Various. 1984+. CD recording.
[UNSW Call No. S CD/949 /(8-1)]

Puerto Rico in Polynesia: Jibaro Traditional Music on Hawaiian Plantations. Performers: Various. Date Unknown. CD recording.
[UNSW Call No. S CD/699]

Te Vaka
Te Vaka is a group of dancers and musicians from Polynesia. Based in New Zealand, the band has released four internationally acclaimed albums, and been nominated for two BBC World Music Awards, amongst many other achievements. Their stunning blend of original, traditionally influenced Polynesian world music has been injecting people all over with it's infectious pulsating log drum rhythms and uplifting melodies. To listen to music excerpts and find out more about this group, click here.

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