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For Hawaiian music legends Keola Beamer and Henry Kapono, that island sound courses through their veins. Before becoming a joint touring act, both artists came up during a Hawaiian music boom ...
Raised at his grandfather’s ranch in Waimea, legendary Hawaiian musician Keola Beamer and his wife kuma hula Moanalani returned home to kick off the Kahilu’s 2022-23 season in grand style ...
Keola Beamer’s ‘70s hit “Honolulu City Nights” is a ubiquitous symbol of Hawaiian popular music, and as a guitar teacher, he’s helped make the once closely guarded secrets of slack-key ...
Jeff Peterson (from left), Paul Simon, Keola Beamer and Claudia Goddard pose for a photo. Simon appeared as a surprise teacher at the Aloha Music Camp Beamer conducted on Kauai. With many ...
Keola Beamer said he remembers the joy that music brought his family even when they didn’t have much. “We were poor but didn’t know it, and part of the reason was we had music and the ukuleles.
Prepare for a magical evening as three legends of Hawaiian music — Jeff Peterson, Keola Beamer, and Moanalani Beamer — take the stage at Buck Owens' Crystal Palace.
Keola Beamer and Henry Kapono, 2 legends of Hawaiian music, became icons in the 1970’s as part of the Hawaiian renaissance. That renaissance was the seminal movement that brought language, music, hula ...
If you think that Don Ho is the voice of Hawaii, Keola Beamer has something to say: “It’s like me watching a Tarzan movie and thinking I’m hearing African music,” Beamer says of the ...
The gregarious couple is just the latest branch of one of the islands’ most prolific performing dynasties; Keola’s great-grandmother, Helen Kapuailohia Desha Beamer, remains one of Hawaii’s ...
Keola and Kapono Beamer said “Mr. Sun Cho Lee” is about the wonderful, unique racial harmony that Hawaii possesses. The duo is shown performing, above. Soon there was a renaissance taking ...