Author Sven A. Kirsten’s “The Book of Tiki” re-energized the world’s interest in the polynesian pop phenomenon in the early 1990s. Now he’s poised to do the same thing for music with The Sound of Tiki, a 17-track compilation of surf, lounge, exotica, and hapa haole music that defines the tiki sound.
The package also includes [...]
A legendary surf rock band, reunited for the first time in 10 years, will headline Surf Ohio FesTiki 2010 on Saturday, Aug. 14, in Dayton, Ohio.
The second annual celebration of classic surf, tiki and hot rod culture will move to its new home at historic Old River Park – Dayton’s “vintage playground” – a 33-acre [...]
Taxes got you down? This month Tiki Talk is wishing you “many happy returns” by giving away one CD each week in April.
First up, courtesy of Double Crown Records, is the latest CD from Icelandic guitar-slinger Burt Rocket. Savage Iceland is an amazing 12-track disc of melodic but powerful surf rock. It’s by far the [...]