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RootsMusicHawaii.com is hosted by Mark Tarone and focuses on his work with I‘iwi Management LLC, Hawaii Halloween LLC and T-Rx Entertainment LLC.

Tarone’s I‘iwi Management, LLC has provided management services to Hapa Samoan international ukulele virtuoso and songwriter, Taimane, since 2017.
 
In addition, Mark Tarone has produced events in Hawaiʻi on behalf of T-Rx Entertainment LLC and Hawaiian Halloween LLC since 1999. Tarone founded the Hallowbaloo Music & Arts Festival and co-produces the gathering annually in Honolulu. In addition, Tarone produces roots concerts around the state and additional community events including nearly 100 celebrations to date at Hawaiʻi Polo Club on the North Shore of Oʻahu. Past shows include performances by Diplo, Booker T. Jones, DJ Lo Down Loretta Brown AKA Erykah Badu, Allen Toussaint, Greensky Bluegrass, Big Freedia, Maceo Parker, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, The Holmes Brothers, Xavier Rudd, Warpaint, Nahko and Medicine for the People, Z-Trip, Steve Gadd, Cut Chemist, DJ Shadow, Anders Osborne, David Lindley, Gaudi, Jake Shimabukuro, Rebirth Brass Band, Quantic, Brett Dennen, Ozomatli, Blitzen Trapper, Jon Cleary (with Steve Ferrone and Reggie McBride), Delta Spirit, Luther Dickinson, 7 Walkers (feat. Bill Kreutzmann & Papa Mali), Iyeoka, John Cruz, The New Mastersounds, Mad Professor, Mike Love, Old Blind Dogs, Eddie Bo, Leon Mobley, Man Man, Taimane, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, Thunderstorm Artis, The Budos Band, Dengue Fever, Ron Artis II and The Truth, Baths, Paper Diamond, The Helio Sequence, Badfish - A Tribute to Sublime, Benzi, Tavana, Ursula 1000, DJ Logic, Larry & Jenny Keel, Jeremy Sole and more.