Ki Ho'alu Christmas

This album brings together twelve of Hawai'i's celebrated slack key masters, including Keola Beamer, in a unique seasonal collection. While chestnuts seldom roast on an open fire in the islands, and Christmas is only white atop Mauna Kea, this holiday collection will warm hearts and wish a Hawaiian-style Mele Kalikimaka (Merry Christmas) to people everywhere.

Ki ho'alu (pronounced kee-ho-ah-loo) is the Hawaiian-language name for the finger-style guitar tradition unique to Hawai'i. First introduced to island culture by Hawaiian cowboys in the early 1800s, slack key guitar is characterized by a variety of tunings and the wealth of deep feelings each individual artist brings to the music.

Nā Mele

• Do You Hear What I Hear - Keola Beamer
  
• Away In A Manger - Bla Pahinui
• Little Drummer Boy - George Kahumoku
• C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S - Ledward Ka'apana
• Christmas Carol Waltz - Moses Kahumoku
• Mele Kalikimaka - Cyril Pahinui
• Winter Wonderland - Barney Isaacs & George Kuo
• Christmas Memories - Rev. Dennis Kamakahi
• It Came Upon A Midnight Clear - Ozzie Kotani
• Fireside Ki Ho'alu - George Kuo
• Kanaka Waiwai/Iesu No Ke Kapuhipa
• Po La'i E (Silent Night) - Joanie Komatsu
• Silent Night - Ledward Ka'apana