Kamauu to release album July 7 ADVERTISING Kamauu to release album July 7 Natalie Ai Kamauu, three-time Na Hoku Hanohano Best Female Vocalist, releases her newest album “La La La La” on July 7. Kamauu describes the feeling of the
Kamauu to release album July 7
Natalie Ai Kamauu, three-time Na Hoku Hanohano Best Female Vocalist, releases her newest album “La La La La” on July 7.
Kamauu describes the feeling of the album as “traipsing through gardens, kicking up fallen blossoms with the wind in your face. When you can’t find the words to express what you are feeling, when the melody doesn’t make sense at all, and somehow the music takes you there… La La La La.”
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Maunalua returns with fourth album
After an eight-year break from the recording studio, multiple Na Hoku Hanohano Award winners Maunalua returns with its fourth album “He Inoa” (We Are Maunalua), which introduces the group’s newest member, ukulele and guitar player Richard Gideon. The album is slated for release on July 17.
Continuing their tradition of blending their unique harmonies, ki hoalu guitar and ukulele, the album is a collection of traditional Hawaiian songs such as “Hilo One” in a medley with William S. Ellis’ “Hula O Makee,” hula standards such as “Pua Ahihi” and several original songs, including one by band member Bobby Moderow (“Spirit of Hawaii”) and another by the award-winning Kumu Hula and multi-Na Hoku Award winner Manu Boyd, who composed “Maunalua He Inoa” especially for them.
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Keale releases second album
Two-time Na Hoku Hanohano Award nominee Michael Keale released his second album “No Ka Beauty” on June 9.
Entertaining audiences since the early 1960s, Keale, who was born and raised on Oahu, released his first CD in 2010 and received two Na Hoku Hanohano Award nominations. In his new album, “No Ka Beauty,” Keale’s crooning, silken bass vocals are featured in songs such as “Pikake,” “He Punahele No Oe,” “E Kuu Lei” and “Can’t Help Falling in Love.”
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Alfiche releases newest CD
Hawaiian musician Kawika Alfiche recently released his newest CD, “White Ships.”
“White Ships” features 13 recordings in the style of early 1900s Hawaiian music presented as a tribute to the “hapa haole” music of Boat Days.
Proceeds from the CD will benefit the Kaululehua Hawaiian Cultural Center in San Francisco. “White Ships” is available for download and purchase now at mele.com, iTunes and Amazon.
Kawika Alfiche, who previously released “Nalei” (2005), “Kalea” (2011), and Na Mele Kahiko (2013), and his halau have toured New Zealand, Mexico, Japan, Canada, Hawaii and the continental U.S.
