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MUSIC OF THE HAWAIIAN RENAISSANCE
Just as Keola Beamer's first ‘Ohe Records CD, “Island Born,”
expressed aloha for “ku’u home,” my beloved home, “Mohala Hou – Music of the Hawaiian Renaissance” is rooted in another
sense of place just as important but subtle and fleeting: a person’s many relationships with other people. “This is my
attempt to honor and share my aloha for the great musicians
I grew up with,” says Keola. “All of the songs on this album are by special people who
helped shape the local music scene in the 1970s,” says Keola, “Olomana, C & K, Country Comfort, Kalapana. We
also can’t forget the kupuna (elders) who set us on the path in the 1960s, like the Sons of Hawai’i, Gabby Pahinui, the
Kahauanu Lake Trio and above all my mom, Nona Beamer. They’re all great people with big hearts.“
In many ways, “Mohala Hou – Music of the Hawaiian Renaissance” is about then and now, not just one or the other.
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