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[6 Jun 2009 | | ]
Makana Live at Rumfire

Videos of Makana live at Rumfire at the So Much More Hawaii welcome reception on May 27th, 2009.

MAKANA’s music transcends category and trend by integrating elements of folk, rock, ethnic, classical, bluegrass, jazz, traditional, ambient and Hawaiian slack key in gentle to commanding arrangements. The result is innovation and the charting of new sonic frontiers with deep …

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[28 May 2009 | | ]
Makana – A Gift Given Freely

Special thanks to 2009 Grammy nominated slack key guitar master Makana for the amazing special performance he gave at the Sheraton Waikiki’s Rum Fire to help kick off the So Much More Hawaii tour for our visiting bloggers in style.
All I got to say is, he is an extremely talented artist and amazing person who I absolutely adore.
Apparently, I’m not the only one as noted by National Geographic:
Makana, an acclaimed singer-songwriter from Oahu, whose name means “a gift given freely,” has been called by Esquire magazine the “greatest living player” …