Great hawaiian music!
Robert Miller | San Francisco, USA | 04/16/2009
(4 out of 5 stars)
"It's surprising to me just how good this album is. I got it late last year and repeated listenings sound better each time! I was more familiar with his brothers, Cyril and Bla. Martin is the youngest son of Hawaiian slack key legend Gabby Pahinui.
Recorded on July of 2002, Martin handles the lead vocals on this, and plays rhythm guitar, leaving the lead slack key to the very capable George Kuo (both 6 and 12 string), who also sings background vocals. Aaron Mahi plays bass and handles background vocals. Steel guitar player Bobby Ingano appears on 7 of the 13 songs.
The vocals are all excellent. Hawaiian is a language that just flows and is so easy to listen to. At times Martin uses the high falsetto that reminds me of his father. The words are mostly in Hawaiian, a few lines of English thrown in here and there.
Like i said before, this album was a wonderful surprise to me. It puts me in a true Hawaiian spirit, and the mood remains from beginning to end."