Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 26, Number 9, 1 September 2009 — Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar, Vol. 2, Live from Maui [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar, Vol. 2, Live from Maui

George Kahumoku Jr., Paul Konwiser, Wayne Wong and Daniel Ho Daniel Ho Creations This is the fifth album recorded live from Maui's weekly eoncert series, Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar. The first three won the Granuny Award for Best Hawaiian Music Album, and the fourth was nominated. Starting this month, the concert series takes its first hiatus in six years to deal with a traditionally slow fall season. But fans shouldn't fret. The concert series will return Dec. 30, and until then, fans ean keep their ears tuned to their favorite players on this powerful new CD, whieh includes seven _ mele with words in 'olelo Hawai'i. One features leo ki'eki'e, falsetto by the amazing Richard Ho'opi'i.