George Kahumoku Jr.

about

There’s a reason he’s been called Hawaii’s Renaissance man: George Kahumoku Jr. is a multiple Grammy Award & Hoku Award winning master slack key guitarist, songwriter, world-traveling performer, high school and college teacher, artist and sculptor, storyteller and writer, farmer and entrepreneur. In February of 2006, George and fellow slack key artists and producers were thrilled to receive the 48th Grammy Award for Best Hawaiian Album for their compilation recording, Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar, Vol. 1: Live in Concert from Maui. But George’s Grammy fame doesn’t stop there: The sequels to this recording, Legends of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar: Live from Maui which includes additional artists (Dennis Kamakahi, Martin Pahinui, and Richard Ho’opi’i) won the 49th Grammy and then in 2008, Treasures of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar won the 50th Grammy Award. In 2009, The Spirit of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar was an honored Grammy nominee and the compilation. Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar, Vol.2 was released. All of these recordings are compilations from George’s weekly Wednesday night show, the prestigious Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Concert Series at the Napili Kai Beach Resort on Maui (www.slackkey.com). George is the musical host and features a different solo artist each week. This is the first long-running concert hall setting in Hawaii created to feature the great slack key performers of today. George is currently living on Maui with his wife, Nancy, and tea

top songs

albums

Troubled Paradise: Traditional Music from Hawaii

Unchained Melody Hawaiian

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Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar: Masters Collection, v2

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Drenched By Music

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Hawaiian Slack Key Christmas

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Ki Ho'alu Christmas

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Masters Of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar -Vol 1

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Legends Of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar

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Hawaiian Love Songs

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Treasures Of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar

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Mele Hawai'i

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Troubled Paradise: Traditional Music From Hawai`i

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