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George Kahumoku Jr.
Musical artist
George Kahumoku Jr. is a Grammy Award-winning Hawaiian musician specializing in slack-key guitar.
Born in Kona on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi, he was labeled as "Hawaii's Renaissance Man" by Nona Beamer because of his far reaching talents: farmer, author, musician and composer, sculptor and artist, and Hawaiian cultural practitioner, particularly as it relates to the land or 'aina.Maui Time Weekly.[1] He received the Grammy Award for Best Hawaiian Music Album for the compilation album Legends Of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar – Live From Maui and subsequently 2 more for Treasures of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar and Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar, vol.2. All of these compilation albums were recorded live at his Slack Key Show - Masters of Hawaiian Music show which opened in and is still operating after 21 years. It is the longest running weekly concert series in Hawaii featuring the best in slack key guitar as well as ukulele, steel, and falsetto.
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George Kahumoku Jr. celebrates release of new CD
George Kahumoku Jr. just released “Renaissance Man, Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar & Vocals.”
WEST MAUI &#; It&#;s , and we&#;re blessed to live in this isolated West Side community, connected by the roots of the ulu and the kalo, by the waters that flow through the valleys and by the flame that torches our learning at Lahainaluna High School.
There are chicken-skin constants as our voices join together at the end of a concert, singing in unison &#;Hawaii Aloha,&#; raising our hands in a collective call to all that we are &#; West Maui.
No one can deny our unique spirit, and the personalities that have fueled it, and George Kahumoku Jr. is one Native Hawaiian son that over and over again takes us beyond who we are to the next level of good.
As always, the new decade for this multiple Grammy and Na Hoku Hanohano Award-winning slack key performer is charged full to overflowing with his passion for opening new doors, walking untried pathways and sharing these experiences.
His most recent release, &#;Renaissance Man, Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar & Vocals,&#; was submitted to the Hawaii Academy of Recording Arts (HARA) as a contender in the 43rd annual Na Hoku Hanohano Awards.
The CD features eight vocals and five instrument
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Winona Beamer
Winona Beamer | |
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| Birth name | Winona Kapuailohiamanonokalani Desha Beamer |
| Also known as | Auntie Nona |
| Born | ()August 15, Honolulu, Tract of Hawaii |
| Died | August 10, () (aged&#;84) Lahaina, Maui |
| Genres | Hawaiian |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, dancer, composer |
| Instrument | Vocals |
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