http://afropopshop.org<img src='http://files.afropopshop.org/images/8030/tutuki_play_the_beat.jpg'>New Zealand-based Te Vaka have proved themselves to be one of the most sophisticated and professional Pacific groups around. This new recording captures the exuberance of their big live shows. "Tutuki finds all of the right balances; traditional but not too provincial, funky but not too Western, polished but not too slick." -- Seth Jordan, SonglinesFri, 29 Aug 2008 21:41:27 -0500http://tevaka.afropopshop.org/#album_8030<img src='http://files.afropopshop.org/images/7948/nukukehe.jpg'>New Zealand's Te Vaka deliver a buoyant pop sound with Oceanic overtones <p><br /></p>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:41:27 -0500http://tevaka.afropopshop.org/#album_7948<img src='http://files.afropopshop.org/images/8004/ki_mua.jpg'>Dedicated to the original pioneers - the Polynesian fleet 'Kau tufuga fai vaka', forebearers and ancestors to all Polynesian cultures in the Pacific.Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:41:27 -0500http://tevaka.afropopshop.org/#album_8004<img src='http://files.afropopshop.org/images/7978/te_vaka.jpg'>Revealing the true soul of the South Seas, this recording does away with the preconceptions that Pacific music is only Ukuleles and Palm trees.Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:41:27 -0500http://tevaka.afropopshop.org/#album_7978