Ginai
Artist site for Hawaiʻi jazz vocalist Ginai: live dates, five albums, blog and press.
Ginai.com is the official site of Ginai, the Chicago-born, Oʻahu-raised jazz and soul vocalist billed as the Jazz Muse of Hawaiʻi — a three-time Hawaiian Music Awards winner with two Nā Hōkū Hanohano awards. The homepage leads with a live Next Show card: date block, venue, time and a blurb, straight from the events list.
Behind it is a Ruby on Rails application with Hotwire (Turbo 8, Stimulus) and Tailwind v4, so Ginai's team manages the content themselves: 63 shows across upcoming and past, five albums with full track lists and Spotify and YouTube links, a six-post blog, a 93-image gallery served through Active Storage, lazy-loaded video embeds, selected press from MidWeek, Honolulu Magazine and PBS Hawaiʻi, and a bookings contact.
Near-black stage aesthetic with one orange accent, a fixed 150 px sidebar whose skewed uppercase links wipe orange on hover, and a mobile drawer driven by a Stimulus controller. Served by nginx and Passenger.
Highlights
- Live Next Show card on the homepage, driven by the events table
- 63 shows, five albums with track lists, six posts, 93 photos — all admin-managed
- Rails + Hotwire (Turbo 8, Stimulus) + Tailwind v4, one esbuild bundle
- Active Storage gallery with per-image pages; lazy YouTube embeds