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- Category: Music » World Music » General/International
- Format: CD Learn more about the CD format using Tower WIKI.
- Release Date: November 3, 2009
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Punahele Productions
- UPC: 702681092526
- WAPI (Tower ID): 113962072
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Average Customer Review:
(1 customer review)
- Tower.com Sales Rank: #41140 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
- #284 in World Music (See Top 100 World Music Bestsellers)
- #284 in General/International (See Top 100 General/International Bestsellers)
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Product Description
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By fernfan
Review Courtesy of the Honolulu Star Bulletin, John Berger 10/30/09
"Nanea"
Na Palapalai (Hulu Kupuna Productions)
The long-awaited fourth album by Na
Palapalai is a milestone twice over. It is the first by Kuana Torres Kahele and
Kehau Tamure as a duo. It is also the first Na Palapalai project where the group
had complete creative control.
It takes nothing away from the two multi-Hoku
Award-winning Na Palapalai albums with Keao Costa, or an earlier album Kahele
and Tamure made as members of another group, to say that "Nanea" is everything a
modern Hawaiian album should be. Kahele and Tamure make beautiful music
together!
They open with a classic, "Hooipo Hula," and follow it with "Aloha
No Kau," the first of several originals. It doesnt take long to be captivated by
their new sound. They epitomize the tradition of Hawaiian falsetto singing
throughout this impressive collection of 16 songs, and Kaheles lower-register
voice is featured as well.
Aaron Sala (piano) and Paul Kim (steel guitar)
provide solid support as the duos primary guest musicians in giving them the
musical depth of a quartet. They close on a spiritual note with a contemporary
Christian hymn, "Precious Moments," that captures the beauty of their voices
perfectly.
Thorough documentation is essential for all Hawaiian albums, and
Kahele and Tamure provide both Hawaiian lyrics and English translations. While
"Nanea" missed the cutoff date for the 2010 Grammy Awards, it would represent
Hawaiian music quite well on the final ballot in 2011!
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