🌊🎸Ledward Kaapana with Fran Guidry — “Black Sand” Kalapana roots, kī hōʻalu at full calm. Ledward—born and raised on Hawaiʻi Island—is the rare player who can sit you down with one thumb pulse and a clear, singing line. Master of slack key and ʻukulele, baritone/leo kiʻekiʻe singer, 2011 NEA National Heritage Fellow, and a veteran of Hui ʻOhana and I Kona before decades of solo work. The title track of his 2000 album Black Sand says why he’s trusted with the tradition: 13 tracks mixing classic
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Ledward Kaʻapana — “Hiʻilawe” at the Shedd Institute, Eugene, OR 🎸 A clean, intimate stage take of a cornerstone mele. Led lets the melody speak, with that steady bass and unhurried phrasing that has made his version of “Hiʻilawe” a concert staple from Hawaiʻi to the mainland. Filmed at the John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts in Eugene, Oregon. About the song. “Hiʻilawe” points to the great waterfall in Waipiʻo Valley and is closely tied to the Sam Liʻa Kalāinaina family story. The mele became
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Ledward Kaʻapana — airport session 🎸✈️ No fuss, no stage lights — just Led easing into a concourse set with that calm, unhurried pulse. You can hear the conversation between bass and melody turning a busy terminal into a listening room. Over the years he has popped up in airports from Hawaiʻi to the mainland, sometimes as part of organized airport music days and sometimes between flights, letting kī hōʻalu do what it does best. If this clip hits, put on Waltz of the Wind and sink into the same
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Ledward Kaʻapana — “Weeha Swing” at Windward Hoʻolauleʻa 🎸 Led takes a Sonny Chillingworth favorite for a spin and turns the festival lawn into a listening room. “Weeha Swing” is pure kī hōʻalu fun—built on a rock-steady alternating bass, snappy vamps, and a melody that dances. Led keeps the engine humming with that unshakable pulse, then threads in harmonics, slides, and clean runs that tip the hat to Uncle Sonny while sounding unmistakably like Led. You can hear why pieces like this live so w
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