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Pacific Islands Radio has been introduced in order to facilitate the promotion of island music to a worldwide audience. This was undertaken as a consequence of a foreseen need to allow the musical component of island heritage to be made available to a wider audience. The early music of Oceania (Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia) was composed of rhythm instruments and vocals; they comprise mainly chants without any harmonic structure and without any oriental or occidental influence. This early music was very fundamental although some islands did use flutes and drums to accompany their singing. As there was no written language to record the history of the Pacific Islands, it was our beautiful island music that provided one essential record of our heritage and this was passed from generation to generation. Besides the tales of migration and wars, the daily life of our people was chronicled in our music. The music played on Pacific Islands Radio has authentic examples of both the contemporary and traditional forms of island music from the low atolls like Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Tokelau and Tuvalu to the volcanic peaks of islands like Samoa, Tahiti and Hawai'i as well as the mountain ranges of New Zealand, Cook Islands, Tonga, Easter Island, the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and Fiji along with the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau and Saipan. In addition, some more unique and beautiful music from the Caroline Islands and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands including Guam as well as the Republic of Nauru is in the process of being incorporated into the Playlists. The music comprises traditional chants of our gods and mythology, the day-to-day music including songs about the beauty of the sunrise, the sunset, the islands and the people, not to mention the uniquely beautiful love songs with their haunting lyrics and melodies.
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NOTICE For those listeners who would like to obtain a source for any of the music played on our Pacific Islands Radio stations and not readily available on the Internet, please contact me and I will be only too pleased to put you in contact with suitable sources or the artists themselves. Thank you. ... Jane E-mail: jane@pacificislandsradio.com |
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(E-mail: jane@pacificislandsradio.com -- Rev. 11th September 2003)