Na Hoku Hanohano award winner Ku’uipo Kumukahi, “The sweetheart of Hawaiian Music”, releases another solo album which is sure to please her many fans. Ku’uipo Kumukahi is a true artist of Hawaiian music, a self-taught musician influenced by family songs. From her family come deeply rooted traditions, knowledge and values which she presents with the voice that has made her known throughout the state of Hawaii, the continental United States, and abroad.

Each year the Hawaii Academy of Recording Art presents The Na Hoku Hanohano Awards - the “Grammy’s” of Hawaiian Music. Her solo premiere recording gave her 9 nominations and an astounding five awards which included the Female Vocalist of the Year and Traditional Hawaiian Album of the Year. Her second recoding effort, after a four-year rest, gave her 3 nominations and an award for the Excellence of the Use of the Hawaiian Language in Compositions.

The Hawaii Academy of Recording Arts nominated her most recent effort, So Sweet, for the Female Vocalist of the Year award. So Sweet did garner the Traditional Hawaiian Album of the Year by the Hawaii Music Awards.
Ku’uipo has been featured in the finest hotels and show places in the state of Hawaii and has headlined many quality concerts and special events across the state, nation and abroad. Among her credits are regular appearances on Mondays and Wednesdays at the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel and on Fridays at Duke’s at the Outrigger Hotel Waikiki on the beach. 

Besides being a student and performer of Hawaiian music, Ku’uipo has been chosen to conduct lectures for a select group of administrators of the Department of Education focusing on the values of a Hawaiian family. She has also been chosen to be a special guest lecturer for the Kamehameha Schools Bishop Estates scholarship recipients for the state of Hawaii focusing on the value of Ho’omakaukau (to be prepared).

Ku’uipo’s mission is to produce, preserve, perpetuate and promote quality in Hawaiian music as well as its performance which includes the use of Hawaiian language. She also strives for the use of artistry, mannerism and values that are unique to Hawaiian music and hula.