Masters of Hawaiian MusicGeorge Kahumoku, Jr., Led Kaapana & Sonny LimFEB 19 • 7pm“Virtuosic keepers of a cultural flame.” – New York Times
Three Masters, featured regularly at Maui’s renowned Slack Key Show, share the uniquely Hawaiian styles of slack key guitar and ‘ukulele, with origins in the early 19th century when Portuguese immigrants introduced the ‘ukulele to Hawai‘i and Mexican cowboys brought guitars along with their ranching knowledge. Ever since, Hawaiians have made these instruments their own....
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Masters of Hawaiian MusicGeorge Kahumoku, Jr., Led Kaapana & Sonny LimFEB 19 • 7pm“Virtuosic keepers of a cultural flame.” – New York Times
Three Masters, featured regularly at Maui’s renowned Slack Key Show, share the uniquely Hawaiian styles of slack key guitar and ‘ukulele, with origins in the early 19th century when Portuguese immigrants introduced the ‘ukulele to Hawai‘i and Mexican cowboys brought guitars along with their ranching knowledge. Ever since, Hawaiians have made these instruments their own.
Four-time Grammy-winner, master slack key guitarist George Kahumoku Jr., is known as “Hawai‘i’s Renaissance Man”. Further, he is a multiple Na HÅkÅ« Hanohano (Hawaiian Grammy) Award winner, a vocalist, storyteller, songwriter & author, teacher, sculptor, farmer, and chef. He was honored with a Hawai‘i Academy of Recording Arts 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award. Also, he was named to the Maui Nui Hall of Fame in 2024.Led Kaapana has been one of Hawaii’s most influential musicians for four decades. Here, he is a master of the slack key guitar and National Heritage Fellow. His mastery of stringed instruments and his extraordinary baritone to leo ki`eki`e (falsetto) vocal range, have made him a legend. Furthermore, he has earned multiple Na HÅkÅ« Awards.Sonny Lim is a renowned Slack Key guitarist, Hawaiian Steel guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, and producer. He developed his guitar & vocal styles performing with his famous Lim Family of the Big Island. He was also one of the early members of the renowned Makaha Sons of Ni‘ihau, for whom he played lap steel guitar beginning at age fifteen. He performed on the first Grammy-winning CD in Hawaiian music, and has won multiple Na Hoku Awards on his solo CDs.
Recommended for fans of Herb Ohta, Jr., Jake Shimabukuro, Don Ho and HAPA.
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