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Ho'Olohe (Listen)
Martin Pahinui
Ho'Olohe (Listen)
Genres: International Music, Pop
 
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One of Hawaiian music's great singers and guitarists, Martin Pahinui is a part of the legendary music family, headed by his father, Gabby Pahinui, which carries on the slack key guitar tradition. Whereas George Winston's D...  more »

     
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All Artists: Martin Pahinui
Title: Ho'Olohe (Listen)
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: Windham Hill Records
Release Date: 6/17/2003
Genres: International Music, Pop
Styles: Pacific Islands, Hawaii
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 080223805422

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One of Hawaiian music's great singers and guitarists, Martin Pahinui is a part of the legendary music family, headed by his father, Gabby Pahinui, which carries on the slack key guitar tradition. Whereas George Winston's Dancing Cat has heretofore focused on acoustic slack key guitar, Martin Pahinui's label debut features his voice and guitar as well as some slide guitar and backing players. Pahinui's gentle voice is as warm and mellow as a luau fire with yodeling falsetto jumps added for emphasis. The album's overall tone ranges from playful ("C-A-T, Pöpoki Spells Cat") to sad ("Lei No Ka' iulani"), with outside elements like country music making its presence felt ("Waikapü") as well. To the untrained ear, "Moloka?I Nui A Hina" is the strangest-sounding tune, seemingly influenced by barbershop quartets. Overall Ho' Olohe will offer many an interesting new perspective on this music--whereas these different elements come out in the artists' live shows, the Dancing Cat albums tend to be adhere to a more studied aesthetic. Not so here! --Tad Hendrickson

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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."