This beautiful setting was a wedding gig Soul Redemption played this October. It was in Wainaku, Hilo, Hawai’i, the neighborhood in which founding band members Moroni Naho’oikaika and Aaron Okura grew up. It was really nice to come back to our roots and play in our hometown again. 

Photographer James Rubio took some great photos of the wedding including some of the band.

While we were on the Big Island we met kick-ass reggae producer Kaya, from HPP Studios and even got to record a song of ours with him. His many years of playing with some of the top reggae artists in the world has endowed him with vast knowledge and an amazing ear we plan on working with in the future. Any musicians in Hawai’i wanting to enhance their music and get a solid recording at reasonable rates should contact him.

HPP Studios: 808-345-8405  hppstudios@yahoo.com

While on O’ahu, Soul Redemption got to perform at a festival at BYU, Laie in front of over 500 students. There was an awesome positive response from the students. As soon as we started playing, crowds of people rushed the previously empty dance area in front of the stage. We made a lot of new fans and friends after performing and over 30 of them came to an impromptu after-party jam-session. It was a fun night and I hope to hang out with those cool people again.

This was Soul Redemption’s 3rd trip back to the islands. We’ll be back often to jam out for our local friends. Please leave a comment below. We’d love to hear from you.

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Almost pau! Soul Redemption is wrapping up many weeks of recording sessions in the studio. We’re down to the mixing and editing now. Keep checking up with us here to find out info on the CD release party. Any ideas for where to throw the CD release party/concert?

-Aaron

August, 14 2008 w/ Slightly Stoopid & Pepper @ Saltair

It was an honor for Soul Redemption to open for reggae legends Israel Vibration on June 28, 2008 at Paladium in SLC, Utah.  It was a great show, in a packed house loaded with positive vibrations.    It was an inspirational show for all roots reggae fans.  

A couple days before the concert, some of us band members watched an awesome video called Israel Vibration in the Holy Land.  It had footage of their tour and concerts in Israel as well as private interviews where they talked about their childhoods and experiences growing up in Jamaica.  These guys grew up poor, with polio reading the bible and singing in the bush.  Their beautiful music and faithfulness to Rastafarianism earned them many fans to the point of super-stardom.  Check that video out if you get the chance.  

Where you there at Paladium that night? What did you think about the show? We’d love to see your comments. Please leave on below. 

Aloha,
Aaron

Video from live performance

Shaun & Kenji tear it up with their solos.

Live performance