Sat September 28, 2024
Masters of Hawaiian Music w George Kahumoku Jr, Led Kaapana, and Jeff Peterson
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George Kahumoku Jr. & Masters of Hawaiian Music
"Kahumoku was an affable raconteur, mixing his dialogue with passionate renderings of material..." - LA Times
Four-time Grammy-winner, master slack key guitarist George Kahumoku Jr., known as "Hawai'i's Renaissance Man", is also a multiple Na Hoku Hanohano (Hawaiian Grammy) Award winner, most recently for Best Christmas CD in 2017.
He is also a vocalist, storyteller, songwriter & author, world-traveling performer, as well as a teacher, -he founded the Hawaiian Music Institute at University of Hawai'i-Maui College -artist and sculptor, farmer, and chef (his farm to table). He is the producer and star of the long-running, weekly Slack Key Show® on Maui, which features the best of Hawaiian slack key and other leading music artists, now in its second decade.
Masters of Hawaiian Music: George tours solo or with the finest artists from his renowned Slack Key Show®, to share the delightful experience of ki-ho'alu (slack key guitar) - the distinctly Hawaiian style of open tunings. Shows feature good music and good humor, Hawaiian cultural knowledge, and the down-home spirit of the islands.
Masters of Hawaiian Music features three of the most popular musicians from Maui's renowned "Slack Key Show," sharing Hawai'i's unique "slack key" -- open tuning -- guitar styles that traces its roots to 19th-Century paniolo (Hawaiian cowboy) culture. Growing up in rural Hawai'i, slack key masters George Kahumoku, Jr., Led Kaapana, and Jeff Peterson were immersed from childhood in Hawaiian music and culture that brought family together with entertainment, learning, and joy. All are multiple Na Hoku Hanohano (Hawaiian "Grammy") Award winners. Four-time Grammy winner Kahumoku is known as "Hawai'i's Renaissance Man"--he's a, vocalist, storyteller, songwriter, author, teacher, sculptor, farmer, and chef. Kaapana is a National Heritage Fellow, unsurpassed in his guitar picking style, and one of Hawai'i's most influential musicians for decades. Peterson is a star of the current generation enlivening slack key traditions, known for his versatility from slack key to classical, jazz to film soundtracks.
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"Kahumoku was an affable raconteur, mixing his dialogue with passionate renderings of material..." - LA Times
Four-time Grammy-winner, master slack key guitarist George Kahumoku Jr., known as "Hawai'i's Renaissance Man", is also a multiple Na Hoku Hanohano (Hawaiian Grammy) Award winner, most recently for Best Christmas CD in 2017.
He is also a vocalist, storyteller, songwriter & author, world-traveling performer, as well as a teacher, -he founded the Hawaiian Music Institute at University of Hawai'i-Maui College -artist and sculptor, farmer, and chef (his farm to table). He is the producer and star of the long-running, weekly Slack Key Show® on Maui, which features the best of Hawaiian slack key and other leading music artists, now in its second decade.
Masters of Hawaiian Music: George tours solo or with the finest artists from his renowned Slack Key Show®, to share the delightful experience of ki-ho'alu (slack key guitar) - the distinctly Hawaiian style of open tunings. Shows feature good music and good humor, Hawaiian cultural knowledge, and the down-home spirit of the islands.
Masters of Hawaiian Music features three of the most popular musicians from Maui's renowned "Slack Key Show," sharing Hawai'i's unique "slack key" -- open tuning -- guitar styles that traces its roots to 19th-Century paniolo (Hawaiian cowboy) culture. Growing up in rural Hawai'i, slack key masters George Kahumoku, Jr., Led Kaapana, and Jeff Peterson were immersed from childhood in Hawaiian music and culture that brought family together with entertainment, learning, and joy. All are multiple Na Hoku Hanohano (Hawaiian "Grammy") Award winners. Four-time Grammy winner Kahumoku is known as "Hawai'i's Renaissance Man"--he's a, vocalist, storyteller, songwriter, author, teacher, sculptor, farmer, and chef. Kaapana is a National Heritage Fellow, unsurpassed in his guitar picking style, and one of Hawai'i's most influential musicians for decades. Peterson is a star of the current generation enlivening slack key traditions, known for his versatility from slack key to classical, jazz to film soundtracks.
George Kahumoku Jr. & Masters of Hawaiian Music
"Kahumoku was an affable raconteur, mixing his dialogue with passionate renderings of material..." - LA Times
Four-time Grammy-winner, master slack key guitarist George Kahumoku Jr., known as "Hawai'i's Renaissance Man", is also a multiple Na Hoku Hanohano (Hawaiian Grammy) Award winner, most recently for Best Christmas CD in 2017.
He is also a vocalist, storyteller, songwriter & author, world-traveling performer, as well as a teacher, -he founded the Hawaiian Music Institute at University of Hawai'i-Maui College -artist and sculptor, farmer, and chef (his farm to table). He is the producer and star of the long-running, weekly Slack Key Show® on Maui, which features the best of Hawaiian slack key and other leading music artists, now in its second decade.
Masters of Hawaiian Music: George tours solo or with the finest artists from his renowned Slack Key Show®, to share the delightful experience of ki-ho'alu (slack key guitar) - the distinctly Hawaiian style of open tunings. Shows feature good music and good humor, Hawaiian cultural knowledge, and the down-home spirit of the islands.
Masters of Hawaiian Music features three of the most popular musicians from Maui's renowned "Slack Key Show," sharing Hawai'i's unique "slack key" -- open tuning -- guitar styles that traces its roots to 19th-Century paniolo (Hawaiian cowboy) culture. Growing up in rural Hawai'i, slack key masters George Kahumoku, Jr., Led Kaapana, and Jeff Peterson were immersed from childhood in Hawaiian music and culture that brought family together with entertainment, learning, and joy. All are multiple Na Hoku Hanohano (Hawaiian "Grammy") Award winners. Four-time Grammy winner Kahumoku is known as "Hawai'i's Renaissance Man"--he's a, vocalist, storyteller, songwriter, author, teacher, sculptor, farmer, and chef. Kaapana is a National Heritage Fellow, unsurpassed in his guitar picking style, and one of Hawai'i's most influential musicians for decades. Peterson is a star of the current generation enlivening slack key traditions, known for his versatility from slack key to classical, jazz to film soundtracks.
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"Kahumoku was an affable raconteur, mixing his dialogue with passionate renderings of material..." - LA Times
Four-time Grammy-winner, master slack key guitarist George Kahumoku Jr., known as "Hawai'i's Renaissance Man", is also a multiple Na Hoku Hanohano (Hawaiian Grammy) Award winner, most recently for Best Christmas CD in 2017.
He is also a vocalist, storyteller, songwriter & author, world-traveling performer, as well as a teacher, -he founded the Hawaiian Music Institute at University of Hawai'i-Maui College -artist and sculptor, farmer, and chef (his farm to table). He is the producer and star of the long-running, weekly Slack Key Show® on Maui, which features the best of Hawaiian slack key and other leading music artists, now in its second decade.
Masters of Hawaiian Music: George tours solo or with the finest artists from his renowned Slack Key Show®, to share the delightful experience of ki-ho'alu (slack key guitar) - the distinctly Hawaiian style of open tunings. Shows feature good music and good humor, Hawaiian cultural knowledge, and the down-home spirit of the islands.
Masters of Hawaiian Music features three of the most popular musicians from Maui's renowned "Slack Key Show," sharing Hawai'i's unique "slack key" -- open tuning -- guitar styles that traces its roots to 19th-Century paniolo (Hawaiian cowboy) culture. Growing up in rural Hawai'i, slack key masters George Kahumoku, Jr., Led Kaapana, and Jeff Peterson were immersed from childhood in Hawaiian music and culture that brought family together with entertainment, learning, and joy. All are multiple Na Hoku Hanohano (Hawaiian "Grammy") Award winners. Four-time Grammy winner Kahumoku is known as "Hawai'i's Renaissance Man"--he's a, vocalist, storyteller, songwriter, author, teacher, sculptor, farmer, and chef. Kaapana is a National Heritage Fellow, unsurpassed in his guitar picking style, and one of Hawai'i's most influential musicians for decades. Peterson is a star of the current generation enlivening slack key traditions, known for his versatility from slack key to classical, jazz to film soundtracks.
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