Various Artists - Hawaiians in Paris 1916-1926During the Roaring'20s, hawaiian music washed across Europe like gentle island surd. More fantasy than fashion, it brought a breath of calm between the two world wars.

I've explored this much more deeply in the numerous journeys I've made around the world

You Belong To Me 5

The combo here

The songs on this set were recorded direct to two tracks on two successive hot summer nights at the end of August 1991 at the Black Cat Lounge on East Sixth Street in Austin

From the stable of the legendary Philly Soul producer Butch Ingram comes the versatile R&B vocalist Shawn David

With shades of home-grown Memphis power pop

and balances the cynicism and dread elsewhere

This new and unique recording was made possible through the successful collaboration with the Ensemble Symphonique de Paris under the direction of conductor Carlos Dourthé

And while many of the songs stay mostly in a fairly Latin based milieu

The reasons for this departure from the norm are uncertain

Mungo's Hi-Fi - Past And Present

With Robert Byrd (aka Bobby Day)