Track List

Ho`omaka Hou  Waimanalo  E Haunani  Na Pua Lei `Ilima  E malama i ka wai  Old Time Island Music Medley:  Old Time Island Music  Ua Noho Au A Kupa  Pulupe Nei `Ili Ke Anu  Aloha No Au I Ko Make  My Sweet Sweeting  Kaula `Ili

Tewe Tewe  Ku`u Pua i Paoakalani  Walking in the Queen's Garden  E mau ana ka ha`aheo

About the CD:

"The pride in the purposeful lifestlye of our Hawaiian people endures. In each phrase of lyric, in each bar of melody, the pride in Hawaii and Hawaiian composers, our storytellers, resounds. The stories, musically shared, depict pride in the beauty of our island lyfestyle."

This album marks the entrance of Haunani Apoliona to Olomana recordings and is the recipient of three Na Hoku Hanohano awards from The Hawai'i Academy Of Recording Arts:

Traditional Hawaiian Album Of The Year 
Hawaiian Language Song Of The Year-
E Mau Ana Ka Ha'aheo by Haunani Apoliona 
Liner Notes- Haunani Apoliona 

About the Artist:

Olomana started out as the duo of Robert Beaumont and Jerry Santos in 1973, and within three years they had put out their debut, Like a Seabird in the Wind. The album featured the Beaumont-penned "Home" and "Ku'u Home O Kahalu'u," which was written by Santos. The duo, melding traditional and more modern Hawaiian music, soon went on to record a couple more albums, And So We Are and Come to Me Gently. In the early '80s, the Hawaii Academy of Recording Arts bestowed half a dozen of its awards, called Na Hoku Hanohano, on Come to Me Gently. The title track, composed by Santos, took home the title of Song of the Year. Another song, "E Ku'u Sweet Lei Poina 'Ole," was composed by Emma Defries and won the Hawaiian language award, the Haku Mele.

Olomana grew from a two-man band to a four-man outfit with the additions of bass player Wally Suenaga and drummer Willy Paikuli. Beaumont died in 1982, and Haunani Apoliona joined the group that same year. In honor of the important role Beaumont played in the making of Olomana, the group released an anthology that included a song that was penned for him, "The Lovelight in Your Eyes." Santos and Apoliona also released solo albums. Expecting Friends, Santos' 1989 release, garnered a pair of Na Hoku Hanohano prizes for Contemporary Hawaiian Album of the Year and Male Vocalist of the Year. Apoliona took home half a dozen of the awards two years earlier for her solo effort, Na Lei Hulu Makua, Na Wahine Hawai'i. Among the awards were Traditional Hawaiian Album and Female Vocalist of the Year. In 1992, when Olomana put out the album E Mau Ana Ka Ha'aheo (Enduring Pride), three more awards came the group's way, among them one for the year's finest Traditional Hawaiian Album. The band named itself after a mountain of twin peaks in Maunawili on the island of O'ahu. "Olomana" translates from Hawaiian as "old man." — Linda Seida

After the tragic death of Robert Beaumont, Jerry Santos remade Olomana into a band. This time, his main partner for both harmonizing and for many lead vocals is Haunani Apoliona, a Hawaiian politician and activist as well as a gifted guitarist and singer. The results were even better than anyone could have imagined. This recording copped three Na Hoku Hanohano awards in 1992: Traditional Hawaiian Album of the Year, Best Liner Notes for Apoliona and Haku Mele Award for "E Mau Ana Ka Ha'aheo" for Apoliona, the composer.