We return to Daijams' Full Concert Tuesdays with Jack Johnson and his Kokua Festival in Hawaii. This hour and a half concert was filmed over two days in April 2008. I listened to a lot of Jack Johnson when I lived in Hawaii between 2005 and 2009; his is my kind of island music: light, relaxed, sentimental, and sans shoes. (If you want to skip to my favorite song, "Bubbly Toes," start around 26:50.)
The first couple minutes are an intro by Johnson describing the Kokua Festival, which benefits the Kokua Hawaii Foundation, Johnson's own organization aimed at giving back to the Hawaiian community through environmental education. The whole festival is as green and low-impact as possible, with refillable water bottles, locally produced biodiesel, and so forth.
Next month a "Best of the Kokua Festival" live CD will be released featuring Johnson, Willie Nelson, Ben Harper, Eddie Vedder, Jackson Browne, Dave Matthews, Ziggy Marley, Jake Shimabukuro, and more. The album drops April 17; more info here.
And for all my Hawaii buddies: Johnson will be touring the islands next month with John Cruz and Paula Fuga! Tickets ($50-$75) went on sale two days ago and are available at the venue box office (ie not online). Details:
April 19th - Kauai
Kauai Community College Performing Arts Center
April 21st and 22nd - Oahu
Hawaii Theatre
April 25th and 26th - Maui
Castle Theatre
April 28th and 29th - Big Island
Kahilu Theatre
UPDATE: 9:45 a.m. Apparently all the Big Island and Kauai shows are already sold out. Maui and Oahu show info here.
