{"id":38,"date":"2015-11-17T17:44:16","date_gmt":"2015-11-17T17:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.music-formats.com\/home\/?page_id=38"},"modified":"2025-11-20T04:36:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T04:36:33","slug":"about-angela-crandall-okune","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.music-formats.com\/home\/about\/about-angela-crandall-okune\/","title":{"rendered":"About Angela (Crandall) Okune"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_style\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.music-formats.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Screen-Shot-2015-11-17-at-9.38.37-AM.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"39\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.music-formats.com\/home\/about\/about-angela-crandall-okune\/screen-shot-2015-11-17-at-9-38-37-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.music-formats.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Screen-Shot-2015-11-17-at-9.38.37-AM.png?fit=923%2C592&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"923,592\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2015-11-17 at 9.38.37 AM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.music-formats.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Screen-Shot-2015-11-17-at-9.38.37-AM.png?fit=923%2C592&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.music-formats.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Screen-Shot-2015-11-17-at-9.38.37-AM.png?resize=923%2C592\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-11-17 at 9.38.37 AM\" width=\"923\" height=\"592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.music-formats.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Screen-Shot-2015-11-17-at-9.38.37-AM.png?w=923&amp;ssl=1 923w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.music-formats.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Screen-Shot-2015-11-17-at-9.38.37-AM.png?resize=300%2C192&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.music-formats.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Screen-Shot-2015-11-17-at-9.38.37-AM.png?resize=80%2C50&amp;ssl=1 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 923px) 100vw, 923px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style\"><span class=\"style_1\">Angela Hitomi Skye Crandall<\/span><span class=\"style_2\">\u00a0Okune was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii singing from the age of two with her father. Angela expanded her singing repertoire through over ten years of performing\u00a0at the Musician&#8217;s Union (Studio 6). Upon moving to Washington, DC to study at <\/span><span class=\"style_2\">Georgetown\u2019s Walsh School of Foreign Service, \u00a0Angela joined the jazz band where she mastered big band tunes with the twenty-piece band. After graduating with honors in 2010, Angela moved to Nairobi, Kenya where she worked for five years studying the use of mobile technologies for development. Angela returned to the US in 2015 and completed her doctoral degree in Anthropology at the University of California &#8211; Irvine in 2021. She currently resides in Nairobi with her family and works with a non-profit in open science. Learn more about her work at <a href=\"https:\/\/angelaokune.me\/\">https:\/\/angelaokune.me\/<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style\"><span class=\"style_2\">Angela\u2019s Hawaii Music Award winning solo debut album SHINE was released in 2007, but her first time recorded was at age six, singing \u201cThe Glory of Love\u201d on her father\u2019s, &#8220;<\/span><span class=\"style_4\">Soothsayer<\/span><span class=\"style_2\">.&#8221; \u00a0Her rendition\u00a0of \u201cSophisticated Hula\u201d with the Hawaii Jazz All-Stars for KHET\u2019s (Hawaii Public Television) <\/span><span class=\"style_4\">Na Mele<\/span><span class=\"style_2\"> series has replayed on-air in Hawaii numerous times.\u00a0 She also contributed to\u00a0her father\u2019s \u201cLast Takes with Rory.&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Angela Hitomi Skye Crandall\u00a0Okune was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii singing from the age of two with her father. 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