Hawaii Legends - Keola Beamer & Henry Kapono

Keola Beamer & Henry Kapono are two legends of Hawaiian music. Each of these icons rose to fame at the creative forefront of the Hawaiian Renaissance of the 1970’s and they continue to lead the way. Keola & Henry will each perform a set, and then come together onstage to celebrate their original songs that have become beloved classics of contemporary Hawaiian music.

Keola Beamer’s contributions to slack key guitar during the 1970s began to spark public interest in k?-h?‘alu, launching a statewide revival of the tradition, and his 1978 release, Honolulu City Lights, is the largest selling recording in the history of Hawaiian music. Today he is one of Hawai’i’s premier singer-songwriters, arrangers, composers and masters of the Hawaiian slack key guitar.

Henry Kapono, with Cecilio Rodriguez, became the wildly popular phenomenon Cecilio & Kapono (aka C&K). They helped forge the sound of 70s Hawaiian music, with laid-back contemporary rock that voiced the feelings of an entire generation in Hawai‘i. Today as a solo artist, Henry is a Grammy-nominated and award-winning singer and songwriter.