George Kahumoku Jr.

Among the heralds and preservers of traditional Hawaiian lifestyle, George Kahumoku Jr. can be an musician, musician, composer, farmer, storyteller, and instructor. Being a musician he’s most widely known for playing a 12-string slack essential electric guitar, but his immersion in teaching and marketing the Hawaiian life-style extends considerably beyond his music. His educational background provides some hint of his range: he’s a 1969 graduate from the Kamehameha Universities; a 1973 graduate from the Oakland, California-based University of Arts and Crafts, where he gained a BFA in sculpture; along with a 1993 graduate from the Hawaii Condition Ag-Leadership Program. Since that time he offers spent nearly all his time like a farmer, musician, and instructor, ultimately leasing his organic hog, espresso, and natural tea plantation out in order that he and his family members could proceed to Lahaina, where he shows within the Unique Motivation System at Lahainaluna SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL on Maui. His music profession has been lengthy and equally assorted. He started playing professionally within the middle-’60s when he was just 13 with Kui Lee and performed along with his sibling, Moses, because the Kahumoku Brothers within the ’70s and ’80s. In 1979, he received the best honor in Hawaii’s documenting market, a Na Hoku Hanohano Honor, for his slack essential compositions on Aunty Edith Kanaka’ole’s recording Hi’ipoi I Ka ‘Aina Aloha (Cherish the Beloved Property). His audio has been referred to as becoming extremely traditional and organic, having a soft stability that betrays a harmonious romantic relationship with nature. Showing both his placement within the Hawaiian music picture and his educational bent, he offers played a component in several movies about the tradition and music of Hawaii. He added to the soundtrack of Steven Okazaki’s 1992 documentary Stressed Paradise and got a component in two slack crucial documentaries, Eddie Kamae’s The Hawaiian Method (1993) and Susan Friedman’s 1994 film Ki Ho’alu — That’s Slack Essential Acoustic guitar. Kahumoku also finished a soundtrack to get a film about Hawaii’s sovereignty motion, specifically the financial issues that possess affected indigenous Hawaiians because the overthrow of Queen Lili’oukalani. The film, entitled Onipa’a, is defined to be released by any office of Hawaiian Affairs. Kahumoku’s focus on that film influenced him release a his first single recording, a tribute to Queen Lili’oukalani entitled E Lili’u, in 1995. That yr also brought Kahumoku’s 1st release along with his child, Keoki Kaliko Kahumoku, entitled Ho’oilina — The Legacy. The recording, which featured dad and child playing slack important acoustic guitar and ukulele, contains traditional Hawaiian family members songs in addition to fresh compositions. In 1999 Kahumoku also released an recording of Hawaiian Christian hymns entitled Hymns of Hawaii with Daniel Ho. Hawaii’s Classics adopted a year later on.