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Hanalei Tradition
Doug & Sandy McMaster
Hanalei Tradition
Genres: Folk, International Music, New Age
 
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*** WINNER - Hawaii Music Awards - Best Slack Key Album of Year *** — Soft and sweet instrumental Hawaiian slack key guitar. Lifts the spirit, soothes the soul, quiets the mind, helps the body relax. — A local Kauai traditio...  more »

     
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All Artists: Doug & Sandy McMaster
Title: Hanalei Tradition
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Aloha Plenty
Release Date: 11/30/2007
Genres: Folk, International Music, New Age
Styles: Traditional Folk, Relaxation
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 689076479288

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*** WINNER - Hawaii Music Awards - Best Slack Key Album of Year ***
Soft and sweet instrumental Hawaiian slack key guitar. Lifts the spirit, soothes the soul, quiets the mind, helps the body relax.

A local Kauai tradition, Doug & Sandy's music washes away pain and stress enveloping you in your own little island of peace. It lifts your spirit, nurtures your soul, quiets your mind, and helps your body rest. Comfort music.

Doug has been playing since he was six, this old family slack key music. The music is a gift to the modern world where stresses and demands pull you away from your roots, from nature, and your personal ancestral guidance. The music, within seconds, reconnects you. We were born to bring this music to you and directed on the mission by very special kupuna (wise elders).

Soft, sweet, slow... with only the voices of nature as accompaniment... Hanalei Tradition comes to you straight from the heart of islands and ancestors. You feel the soothing tradewinds, the setting sun. You hear the taro leaves dancing as the breeze ripples the waters.

The eyes (maka) and ears of the great Hanalei mountains are upon you. If you feel uncomfortable, you have some work to do to make things right with the ancestors and the land. Ho'oponopono. To make things right.

Visit our website, sign up for the email newsletters, and listen to the music. It will help you reconnect and stay connected to your life's mission and path.
 

CD Reviews

Beautiful beautiful music
Howard Gradet | Reisterstown, MD United States | 12/07/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)

"The slack key guitar/ukelele music of Doug and Sandy McMaster is some of the most beautiful music ever put on cd. Their music evokes the beauty and peace of the Hawaiian islands, specifically Kauai, the home that inspires them.



Hawaiian music is extremely varied: some sounds like bluegrass, some could be called power-Hawaiian (definitely an oxymoron!), or Hawaiian rock; some Hawaiian singers are trying to be Celine Dion (God help us) or evoke a "Hawaii goes Vegas" sound; there are many great musicians putting out albums of wonderful Hawaiian music, Keola Beamer, Led Kaapana, and the great Iz just to name three; Doug and Sandy McMaster, though not as famous as these, are in the real, old-time authentic Hawaiian slack-key tradition. Gentle, melodic, and capable of slowing your heart-rate on the most stressed-out day.



The 12 tracks on their new cd, Hanalei Traditions, represent both traditional Hawaiian melodies and new, original compositions by Doug (we're on a first name basis since we traded baseball hats a couple of years back) that weave a seamless 52-minute tapestry of melody. All of the McMasters' cd's are wonderful: if you have others, this one is still a must; if you're a slack-key novice, this one is a terrific place to start."