John Keawe is a

Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only stat ...

an musician and

slack key guitar Slack-key guitar (from Hawaiian ''kī hōalu'', which means "loosen the uningkey") is a fingerstyle genre of guitar music that originated in Hawaii after Portuguese cowboys introduced Spanish guitars there in the late 19th century. The Hawaiia ...

player from Hāwī in the North Kohala district of the Big Island of Hawaii. He's most known for his song " Puuanahulu", but also for "Hawaii Island.. Is My Home" and "Waimanalo Blues". He has toured throughout Hawaii and the Mainland U.S. and regularly performs on the Big Island. Keawe has released a series of albums on his Homestead Records Label, and can also be heard on the Grammy Winning album "Slack Key Guitar Volume 2" available on

Palm Records Palm Records (short for ''Productions Artistiques Littéraires et Musicales'') was a French jazz record label founded by Jef Gilson in the early 1970s. Discography *PALM 1: Gilson Malagasy 1972 *PALM 2: Jef Gilson / Jean-Charles Capon / Gilbe ...

External links

John Keawe's Website
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