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The Brothers Cazimero have been super busy performing in recent weeks!

This past Saturday Robert & Roland were on stage in the Monarch Room of the Royal Hawaiian Hotel for the Holuku Ball put on by the Hawaiian Civic Club of Honolulu and on Sunday they headed to Hilo where they performed for the Girls Day Diva Festival, which they both said was GREAT!

The concert at the Monarch Room included amazing musical moments for the entire show, but the icing on the cake was when Robert & Roland were playing Waikiki with Marlene Sai singing and Bev Noa danced on to the stage with her exquisite brand of Hula. It was a moment! Nevermind that Nina Keali’iwahamana, Mahi Beamer and Princess Kawananakoa were in the audience with dozens of other Hawaiian luminary. This song was an experience where everything else disappeared and the magic took over.

Caz’s next big concert will be on March 23rd at the Hawaii Theatre! Get your tickets now! $25 for the entire house!

http://www.hawaiitheatre.com/events/brothers-cazimero/

Robert and Roland with the Girls Day Diva Festival committee in Hilo last weekend!

Aloha IZ fans! We’ve JUST released a new IZ compilation, exclusively for download at izhawaii.com! It contains 10 fan favorite songs as well as a BONUS never before released track of Hawaiian Sup’pman, available ONLY through this special album download. Just click the link!

For those looking to share IZ with their family and friends, this album is a perfect selection of songs to introduce IZ into their world. Aloha!

The ukulele is becoming more popular everywhere, and Japan is definitely no exception. Here’s some interviews for our Japanese fans!

Taimane Gardener – http://www.kamakaukulelejp.com/talk/talk08.php

Jake Shimabukuro – http://www.kamakaukulelejp.com/talk/talk10.php

Mailani – http://www.kamakaukulelejp.com/talk/talk11.php

Eddie Kamae – http://www.kamakaukulelejp.com/talk/talk07.php

Singer Mike Keale wearing an IZ t-shirt at a music kiosk on Kauai. (Mike is IZ’s cousin and the nephew of Moe Keale!)

Get your own IZ t-shirt! ($14.99 to $16.99) https://www.izhawaii.com/store/

Congratulations to Don Tiki for the prestigious honor of being part of the LA Philharmonic’s Christmas concert series at the Walt Disney Concert Hall!

Tickets are currently available only to subscribers for the 2012/13 season, but we will post more info when tickets go on sale for non-subscribers!

http://www.laphil.com/tickets/performance-detail.cfm?id=4957

Here’s some newspaper clippings that featured The Brothers Cazimero’s recent performance in Spokane, WA (with their symphony)! See the full article and review at: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/feb/16/brothers-in-song/ and http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/feb/20/music-dance-tell-of-hawaii/ (the paper later apologized and corrected Roland’s misnaming as “Roger”).

Check out this article on the rise of the popularity of the ukulele due to artists like IZ and Jake Shimabukuro. Ukulele virtuoso Taimane Gardener is sure to rise its popularity even more with the release of her debut album later this year!

http://www.guitarplanet.eu/149/date/2011/07/27/the-rise-of-the-ukulele.html

Aloha IZ fans! Israel “IZ” Kamakawiwo`ole’s Facebook just surpassed 50,000 fans/likes over the weekend!! 🙂 A HUGE mahalo to all the fans, new and old, from Hawaii and around the world, for all your support! IZ would be so proud. And keep IZ’s spirit going and continue to share his music! We’ll be at 100,000 fans in no time!

If you haven’t already, ‘LIKE’ IZ now at: http://www.facebook.com/israelkamakawiwoole

Check out this rare footage of IZ performing at a correctional facility in Hawaii, back in 1994. The song is “Pakalolo Will Tickle Your Feet”! Enjoy!