Island Style live from Bonnaroo 2005 with Jack Johnson.
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August 2010 Live on 107 oink 5 in Freedom, CA KPIG defines eclectic radio and the station's popular show "Please Stand By" is no exception. John talked with host John Sandidge and played some new tunes as well, before his show at the Santa Cruz pier. view scrap book entry |
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November 2009 Kokua for the Pacific In Hawaiian, Kokua means help or cooperate, and that's exactly what everyone in town did to raise money for victims of various natural disasters in the Pacific region. Musicians, promoters, radio stations, sound companies and more, all came together for a great cause. view scrap book entry |
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October 2009 KAPA's Monster Mash KAPA radio in Kona threw its annual Halloween block party and John was the main event. He's had some pretty strange people show up at gigs over the years, but this night topped the list. view scrap book entry |
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September 2009 KUMU Breakfast Club It's always great to listen to KUMU radio, but even better when they're offering you free breakfast. John raided the buffet and rolled out some new tunes at KUMU's Breakfast Club at the Ala Moana Hotel in Honolulu. view scrap book entry |
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August 2009 What is Life on KSSK When cousin Amy Hanaiali'i releases an album of songs with family and friends, you can bet some of them will show up when she is out promoting it. John stopped by the Roadrunner Music Hall at the KSSK studios to sing their duet, "What is Life?" view scrap book entry |
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August 2009 Kanikapila on KVMR If you live in California's Sierra Foothills and love music, KVMR is your station. They play just about every genre you can think of, including a very solid offering of Hawaiian music. John talked story with Michael Keene, before performing at World Fest. view scrap book entry |
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July 2009 Friends of MVY WMVY on Martha's Vineyard is one of the best little radio stations on the planet. John loves stopping by when he's in town to visit old friends and play some new music. view scrap book entry |
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March 2009 LP33 TV This is probably the only place in Austin where you're allowed, in fact, encouraged to write graffiti on a public wall. John joined right in, adding his name to the long list of other top acts attending SXSW. view scrap book entry |
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March 2009 Studio South By Of the thousands of musicians who congregate in Austin during the SXSW Music Festival, only a very small handful of them get invited to be interviewed on Studio SX. It's a prestigious honor, which John graciously accepted. view scrap book entry |
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March 2009 Austin Radio at its Best KGSR 107.1 is one of the coolest radio stations in the country. During the South by Southwest Music Festival, it takes center stage as the place where everyone who is anyone gathers to hear the hottest bands in the country. view scrap book entry |
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March 2009 KZSC Santa Cruz College radio doesn't get any better than this. The UC Santa Cruz way cool station KZSC invited John to hang out and play some tunes on a chilly Northern California morning. view scrap book entry |
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March 2009 KAPU Radio Just down the 101 from Santa Cruz is a little gem of a radio station called KAPU. It's the only radio station on the mainland that plays Hawaiian music 24 hours a day and it's run on full strength aloha. view scrap book entry |
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January 2009 Sunrise at the Capitol The sun rising over the nation's capitol made the freezing temperatures that much more bearable. KGMB's Grace Lee and crew invited John to make an appearance on their Sunrise show the day before the historic inauguration of Barack Obama. view scrap book entry |
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January 2009 From Sea to Shining Sea on KITV Leave it to John to turn a guest appearance on a TV show into a celebration and concert. KITV's Mahealani Richardson invited John on her show to talk about the inauguration and instead got an impromptu sing-a-long of America the Beautiful. view scrap book entry |
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January 2009 Sunday Breakfast on WFUV What better way to spend a Sunday than on John Platt's long running Sunday Breakfast radio show on New York's venerable WFUV. John and John talked story and played some tunes in the station's beautiful studio at Fordham University. view scrap book entry |
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January 2009 Live at 5 on KHNL Hawaiian artists usually don't get asked to play for the President, but with John playing at 4 inaugural galas in celebration of Barack Obama's election, news crews asked him to make the rounds. John talks story with Tracy Gladden before heading off to Washington for the big event. view scrap book entry |
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December 2008 Perry and Price on KSSK Michael Perry and Larry Price, hosts of Oahu's #1 rated radio show, opened their doors for John to play a few songs and plug his upcoming events during the busy holiday season. view scrap book entry |
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December 2008 Olelo Mele Kalikimaka Sometimes magic happens during the holidays and sometimes it happens on TV. This time, it happened during both. John and friends taped a Christmas special on Olelo, the Hawaiian language channel sponsored by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. view scrap book entry |
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November 2008 Ukulele for 'Ele'ele 'Ele'ele Elementary School on Kauai's Westside was the latest school to receive a gift of music from Sprint and the Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation. As their proud spokesman, John visited the kids and presented their music class with brand new ukuleles. view scrap book entry |
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September 2008 Cake with Jake How cool would it be to have both John and ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro show up at your birthday party? That's exactly what happened at KGMB's baby luau. The popular Honolulu TV station celebrated one year on the air for its new morning news show, Sunrise. view scrap book entry |
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August 2008 Out on the Open Road KUSP hostess with the mostess Lani Bandhauer opened her studio doors for John during her Tuesday "Open Road" show on this way cool Santa Cruz radio station. view scrap book entry |
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August 2008 Best singer-songwriter in Hawaii Respected veteran music writer Derek Paiva and the staff at Hawaii Magazine have named John the "Best Singer-Songwriter from Hawaii." As if the honor weren't enough, the article continues on to lavishly praise John's soulful style. "Cruz is one of the finest contemporary singer-songwriter-musicians you'll hear, Hawaii-based or otherwise. Listen to Cruz's Na Hoku Hanohano award-winning 2007 CD One of These Days for proof. Cruz's honeyed, husky voice is a marvel -- real world honest whether touching on subjects painfully personal or sweetly hopeful. Vintage instruments and recording equipment coat it all in a warm, timeless musical glow. We're serious fans." view scrap book entry |
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August 2008 Please Stand By KPIG radio in Freedom, CA is what eclectic, free-form radio is all about. Clear Channel this is not. DJ John Sandidge invited John on his popular Sunday morning show "Please Stand By," which is the most listened to show on the internet, in the world. view scrap book entry |
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August 2008 Happy Birthday WMVY They're only 25, but what an impact the Martha's Vineyard radio station has made in two and a half decades on the air. Broadcast in the Cape Cod area and streamed around the world, the adult alternative format is home to some of the best singer songwriters on the planet. view scrap book entry |
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August 2008 WBJB 90.5 The Night Welcomes John Cruz Just a stone's throw from Asbury Park and the Jersey Shore bars that are now the stuff of musical legend, is the coolest radio station in New Jersey. WBJB music director Rich Robinson invited John on the air to promote his show at Tim McLoone's and spread a little aloha around the Garden State. view scrap book entry |
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