Customer Reviews

Hawaiian Tradition

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Traditional Hawaiian Music beautifully done. Brings you back to Hawaii then, appreciating our homeland. For others, listening to Amy will give you the feeling of being in Hawaii and what the people and culture here is all about. A Favorite is Haleiwa Hula. Haleiwa is a town on the Northshore of the Island of Oahu; a town that was Queen Lili'uokalani's playground. Enjoy!!

About 2 years ago, I was at the Cazimero's May Day Concert when out booms this voice like no tomorrow. HO ka, Aunty can sing! I was full-on blown away.. it gave me chicken-skin that I remember to this day. Such good fun! My favorites: Hale'iwa Hula (very catchy, playful song & was on KCCN for the longest) & I Ali'i never fails to inspire that mane'o feeling.. =^^= I highly recommend this album if you like falsetto like Aunty Genoa (cover look familiar, eh?).. a new generation to carry on the tradition with a modern twist here & there.

Anytime Amy & Willie K get together, something magical happens. Aside from being the most beautiful woman in Hawaiian music, Amy has a voice that is at once contemporary and timeless. She brings her own voice to this collection of Hawaiian classics, and while she makes them her own, she never forgets the heritage of the music. Cool, relaxing, and beautiful...

Had this disc existed and had I heard it back when I was a kid--or even when I was a teenager--I would have thought it to be hopelessly square schmaltz. Now that I am older and more open to things outside my immediate cultural heritage and comfort zone, I find myself awed by its beauty and sincerity. Try it--you may like it!