The One about Keola & Kapono Beamer's "Honolulu City Lights" Posted on September 10, 2020 October 25, 2020 Author Dennis A. Amith Leave a comment When it comes to music from Hawai'i, the Beamer Brothers Keola and Kapono will be forever known for their hit songs and their Hawaiian slack key guitar style. The Odd Couple - MidWeek Kaua'i Beamer has three sons, well-known musicians Keola and Kapono, and Kaliko Beamer Trapp. This Weekend — Hawaiian sounds at the Lincoln Theatre ... He passed away at his home Monday night at the age of 85 after battling prostate cancer. TODAY'S OBITUARIES Clyde L. Amaral Published On December 16th, 2021 Clyde L. Amaral 92, of Honolulu, died in Honolulu on November 25, 2021. She was a gifted storyteller, teacher, songwriter and activist, as well as a master of chant and hula. That's how Malama Solomon, a former state senator, recalls her mother, Flora "Tita" Leiomalama Desha Beamer Solomon, a fourth-generation hula loea, who died Feb. 8 at age 92. Hawaiian music: The giants of slack key - SFGATE PC: file MACC. Copy Link URL Copied! Nona Beamer Obituary. Beamer, a songwriter . (SPAM haiku collected by Keola Beamer, songwriter and slack-key guitarist) SPAM, like Coca-Cola, is a uniquely American food. Like Coke, it has a kind of mystique. Smart decision by guitarist Keola Beamer to resume a music career during his formative years after his mother kicked him off the stage for rude behavior. Sonny Solo was released the same year on Dancing Cat Records. Keola's Cube Malama Ko Aloha A personal and family portrait Collaboration: Ken Kennell, Bob Getzen, Kaleo Padilla Oil on apple plywood cubes Brass, mirror and glass pedestal This three dimensional interactive painting is composed of eight 12" cubes that comprise a "master" cube that is two feet dimensionally. Starting August 2021, Beamer will take on the newly established position, named in . Hawaiian musical greats Keola Beamer and Henry Kapono have joined forces to create a soul-stirring celebration . Beamer has three sons, well-known musicians Keola and Kapono, and Kaliko Beamer Trapp. Keola Beamer (right). HONOLULU (AP) - Nona Beamer, a noted authority on Hawaiian culture and matriarch of the musical Beamer family, has died. Beamer, 49, the younger of the former Keola and Kapono Beamer brother team, has just released "Pana Aloha," a CD of instrumentals intended to heal and comfort. Throughout the last decade of his life, Chillingworth worked as a teacher and lecturer, as well as a recording artist and performer. Keola Beamer. Carol Feineman. (Story update: Nona Beamer (1923-2008) dedicated her life to preserving Hawaiian culture. "This is part of the Beamer legacy now," Keola says. "Seabreeze" was the Beamers' reworking of Irmgard Farden Aluli's "Puamana," a song about the Farden family home on Maui. Winona Beamer, the beloved matriarch of a prominent Island family of entertainers and who coined the phrase "Hawaiiana" and dedicated her life to hula, died early yesterday at the Lahaina home she shared with her singer-composer son, Keola Beamer. He's written and arranged traditional and contemporary songs, published a book of short stories and begun exploring and creating a new, collaborative, musical genre. A talented guitarist, composer, singer, producer, arranger, engineer and recording artist, he is a multiple winner of Hawaii's version of the Grammy Awards, the "Na Hoku Hanohano Awards," with twelve awards, including Album(s) of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year, Contemporary Hawaiian Album(s) of the Year, Instrumental Album(s . On July 17, 2017, Mahi Beamer, known most dearly to those in my family as "Uncle Mahi" passed away at the age of 88. Hawaiian music legend Keola Beamer and Moanalani Beamer will perform with Na Hoku Award-winning kumu hula/musician Uluwehi Guerrero on Saturday at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center as part of a . 1951), full name Keolamaikalani Breckenridge Desha Beamer, is a Hawaiian singer and musician, known for his prowess at the slack-key guitar, and also plays such instruments as the nose flute. Beamer and Helm met when both were invited to play at the Lantern Floating Ceremony held annually at Ala Moana Beach Park that draws crowds of up to 40,000 people. "She was the . Beamer lost his mother, Aunty Nona Beamer, about two years ago, around the same time that Helm's maternal grandmother died. Community Contributed. She died in her sleep . He continued recording until he died of cancer in 1994. Keola Beamer's contributions to slack key guitar during the 1970s began to spark public interest in kī-hō'alu, launching a statewide revival of the tradition, and his 1978 release, Honolulu City Lights, is the largest selling recording in the history of Hawaiian music. From 1982 to 1994, Tim Alexander played piano and accordion for the incomparable western swing band, Asleep At The Wheel, whose hybrid blend of swing, boogie-woogie and Texas dance hall music has helped revitalize American roots music. PC: University of Hawaiʻi. "Legends of Hawaiian Music, featuring Keola Beamer and Henry Kapono with Moanalani Beamer" comes to the Harris Center for the Arts, 10 College Parkway in Folsom, on Thursday, Jan. 25 at 7 p.m. Keola Beamer and Henry Kapono first performed together in 2014, when Kapono invited Keola and Moana Beamer to take part in "Back in the Day." Keola Beamer has shown that he understands intention, composition and culture. The label released Endlessly, produced by the legendary George Winston, posthumously. Kapono Beamer is a Grammy nominated recording artist. - Apr 10, 2008 Updated Apr 10, 2008, 11:29am HST - Apr 10, 2008 Updated Apr 10, 2008, 11:29am HST. Beamer & Kapono will each perform a set, then come together onstage to celebrate their original songs that have become beloved classics of contemporary Hawaiian music. "13 Daughters," a musical based loosely on the life of his legendary great . Keola's 'ohana (family) was well equipped to nurture his musical interests. Keola Beamer (born Keolamaikalani Breckenridge Beamer February 18, 1951) is a Hawaiian slack-key guitar player, best known as the composer of "Honolulu City Lights" and an innovative musician who fused Hawaiian roots and contemporary music.Keola Beamer descends from one of Hawaii's most respected musical families. Beamer is considered a Hawaiian legend as a singer-songwriter, composer and guitar master. Contact Information: print. Edwin Mahi'ai "Mahi" Copp Beamer was born Dec. 5, 1928, in Honolulu. Affectionately known as "Uncle Tom," Moffatt lived a rich life in public that spanned over five decades . The concert is part of the . He was born in Honolulu, HI. Few albums have become so completely integrated into the consciousness of local culture as Keola and Kapono Beamer's Honolulu City Lights. In the late 1970s, Keola collaborated with his brother, Montalvo favorite David Benoit returns Dec. 17 with his "Christmas Tribute to Charlie Brown.". The album was among the nominees in the best regional roots music album category. In the 26 years since . He appeared with his mother, Winona Beamer, who played Aunty Nona, and brother Kapono Beamer. Beamer, a songwriter, performer, hula . April 12, 2008. Dalai Lama (left) file via Dean Wong. On Wednesday, Oct. 25, musician Keola Beamer, whose family has a personal tie to Kuamo'o, and Palamanui Humanities Professor Richard Stevens, Ph.D., will present "MalamaKo Aloha: Keep Your . FAMILY PLACED OBITUARY. Keola Beamer & Henry Kapono are two legends of Hawaiian music, continuing to lead the way for over four decades. One of Hawaii's premier singer-songwriters, arrangers, composers and masters of Hawaiian slack key guitar, Keola Beamer is joined by rising star and two-time Grammy winner Jeff Peterson and the hula dance of Moanalani Beamer Jan. 12 at Harris Center for the Arts. HONOLULU (AP) Nona Beamer, an authority on Hawaiian culture and the matriarch of the musical Beamer family, died on Thursday at her home on Maui. BEST SERVICE) < image 1 of 1 >. Jerry attended Kane'ohe Elementary, Benjamin Parker Elementary and . Nona Beamer, a noted authority on Hawaiian culture and matriarch of the musical Beamer family, has died. "She was the one responsible for doing a lot of the choreography for the Beamer music — "Kimo Hula," "Kawohikukapulani" — you know, all of her . Sun 1 Jun 2008 19.01 EDT. A grandson of famed Big Island composer and hula teacher Helen Desha Beamer . Years later, Beamer would become a world-famous household name, even earning the definitive title of . Slack key guitarists Keola Beamer and Jeff Peterson will perform at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, March 26, at the Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., downtown Mount Vernon. This popular group has achieved an avid following and nine Grammy awards over the past 45 years. That's how Malama Solomon, a former state senator, recalls her mother, Flora "Tita" Leiomalama Desha Beamer Solomon, a fourth-generation hula loea, who died Feb. 8 at age 92. The "Honolulu City Lights" album won several of the Hawaiian music industry's Na Hoku Hanohano Awards in 1979, among them for Best Contemporary Hawaiian Album, and both the song and the album went on to become among the most popular . Dancer helped save Hawaiian culture. Jerry Santos. World Music Central News Department January 29, 2007. Francis Kealiinohopono Desha Beamer Jr. FRANCIS KEALIINOHOPONO DESHA BEAMER JR. "Biggie" "Pono" "Pops" February 26, 1925- April 3, 2016 Born to Francis K. Sr and Louise Leomalama Walker Beamer with a love for music in that special Beamer style. She was an early proponent of the ancient form of the hula being perpetuated through teaching and public performances. Following Dhal-Bredine's film, Hawaiian activist Keola Beamer will introduce his film, "Malama Ko Aloha," which means "Keep Your Love." Keola Beamer, Carlos Nakai, and Geoffrey Keezer play the music for this film. The category . Musician and native Hawaiian Keola Beamer has a personal family connection with the land where the Kuamoo battle was fought in 1819. Flutist joins jazz pianist and slack-key guitarist in concert The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge selected Kamanamaikalani Brenton Beamer as its inaugural Endowed Chair in Hawaiian Studies, Literature and the Environment. Aloha 'Oe Mahi Beamer. Mahi Beamer came into our family's lives in his early 20s, through his . In his hands, he has held love, guitars, family, friends, ancestors and now, cradled gently, the songbird of Molokai, Raiatea. Ed Kenney, the Hawaii-based singer who is mentioned in the obituary (and co-starred in "13 Daughters"), died a few weeks after Magoon, in October 2018. . 49ERS TICKETS WARRIORS ENRIQUE IGLESIAS GRUPO FIRME CHARLI XCX &MORE (LOW PRICES. She was 84. The title, he said, can mean "a love for places," but he prefers another meaning, "Hawaiian Heartbeat." Or "the pulse of aloha." The album was created in collaboration between the late, world-renowned flutist and "father of New Age music" Paul . Their banter entertains and their music resonates. One of Hawaii's best known musical clans the Beamers trace their roots back to the 15th century. Best known for his work in the musical group Olomana, singer/songwriter Jerry Santos has been a familiar presence on the Hawaii music scene for almost four decades. Friday, February 5, 2016 @ 7:30 PM. Keola Beamer Contributed photo Becky Fries, chair of The Mokihana Club Nursing Scholarship Committee (back,center), is pictured with nursing students who received Mokihana Club scholarships in 2018. In the best dance/electronica album category, Aoki was nominated for "Wonderland," along with The Chemical Brothers for "Don't Think," Kaskade for "Fire & Ice," and Skrillex for "Bangarang." Playing a sound unique to Hawaii is the gifted Keola Beamer, who appears tonight at Kirkland Performance Center and tomorrow at Kent-Meridian Performing Arts Center. The legacy continues at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, as Beamer Solomon Halau O Po'ohala celebrates Eia Ka Hula 10, a hula concert at Kahilu Theatre in Waimea. " It poses a simple question ," he says. Obituary. Posted Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 3:17 pm PT. For Keola Beamer, it's a form of communication, of inspiration, a cultural touchstone — and a way to nurture the soul. It was meant to be: a master of mele and kiho`alu and the songbird of Molokai. He is a descendant of Chiefess Manono who died there during the . She was 84. $30-$45. She was 84. Around the six sides of the master… Louise Beamer, 93, who passed her love of music on to a large and well-known family, died Sunday on the Big Island. Beamer, a songwriter, performer, hula teacher and . Keola and Kapono Beamer, 1978. Pomai. Winona Kapuailohiamanonokalani Desha Beamer (August 15, 1923 - April 10, 2008) was a champion of authentic and ancient Hawaiian culture, publishing many books, musical scores, as well as audio and video recordings on the subject. Keola Beamer survived his mom's firing. Beamer made his . Kahilu Theatre will present an evening of music and talk-story with Hawaiian music legends Henry Kapono and Keola Beamer in the second installment of Kapono's "Artist 2 Artist" series on . They join forces at The Broad Stage on Thursday, February 1 . She was 84. Although "City Lights" was the biggest hit of all hits for Keola & Kapono Beamer, the album is also remembered by those of a certain age for two other songs. Steve Aoki is among the nominees for the 55 th annual Grammy Awards, which will be presented on Feb. 10 at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles.. A talented guitarist, composer, singer, producer, arranger, engineer and recording artist, he is a multiple winner of Hawaii's version of the Grammy Awards, the "Na Hoku Hanohano Awards," with twelve awards, including Album(s) of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year, Contemporary Hawaiian Album(s) of the Year, Instrumental Album(s) of the . Kapono Beamer is a Grammy nominated recording artist. Cheap Concerts, Sports & Theater Tickets Click to View Tickets GOLF NASCAR NHL MLB NFL BASKETBALL HOCKEY BASEBALL FOOTBALL SOCCER BOXING RODEO TENNIS WWE NBA 2021 2022 Los Angeles Lakers Oakland Raiders Golden State Warriors Rams Chargers All Star Game Clippers San Francisco 49ers Kings Stanford Cardinal Saturday Night USC Trojans Anaheim Ducks Sacramento Kings San Jose Sharks AMA Monster Jam . CD Review: Keola Beamer/Raiatea. Kirkland resident Geoffrey Castle will hold his ninth Annual St. Patrick's Celebration at the Kirkalnd Performance Center at 8 p.m. on March 15. Keola Beamer (b. "My mom just loved this place, Kuamo'o in Kona, an ancient Hawaiian place where a tremendous battle was fought in 1819." With many . Keola Beamer & Henry Kapono. Keola Beamer, the popular and gifted writer, composer and Hawaiian slack key guitar master says he ready to talk - for the first time publicly - about the passing of his mother, Aunty Nona Beamer. Keola Beamer was born January 18, 1951 in Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii. Nona Beamer: Hawaiian Elder was honored with a national award from the Asian American Journalists Association in 2000. It's an emotional and revealing Long Story Short with . He learned his craft directly from some of the original masters who lived and played near his home town in the mountains of western North Carolina -- Byard Ray, Fred Cockerham, Kyle Creed, Tommy Jarrell and other legendary players. Beamer, a songwriter, performer, hula teacher and author, died peacefully in her sleep early Thursday at her home on Maui, said Mark Nelson, administrator of Aloha Music Camp, which Beamer founded and operated with her son, Keola, a Grammy-nominated . Winona Kapuailohiamanonokalani Desha Beamer, the great matriarch of indigenous Hawaiian culture, has died aged 84. Maui resident Keola Beamer was nominated last night for a Grammy Award for his album Malama Ko Aloha. Fri., Aug. 20 — Sun., Aug. 22 SOMETIMES, music is not just music. Montalvo reopens Carriage House doors for performing arts series. Mark the calendars for 7 p.m. March 9 for a two-hour concert with Keola Beamer and Jeff Peterson, at the Aqua Kauai Beach Resort near Hanamaulu. Kamanamaikalani Beamer. Biography. and "Mr. Sun Cho Lee," which was popularized by Keola & Kapono Beamer. Sonny Beamer died July 5 at the age of 91. Today he is one of Hawai'i's premier singer-songwriters, arrangers . One is a Hawaiian legend who has . Tickets are $20 advance, $25 door. Classical Music Hawaiian Style. People often say the greatest slack key guitarists — which include Keola Beamer, Ozzi Kotani and Ledward Kaapana — can achieve the sound of waterfall, forest, myth and mystery in their playing. It's . News News | March 18, 2004. And he wants to talk - for the first time publicly - about surviving prostate cancer. Among Moffatt's proudest accomplishments: Producing the award-winning recording of Keola and Kapono Beamer's "Honolulu City Lights." It was Moffatt's first album for his Paradise Records, and was . Visitation: 10:00 AM; Services: 11:00 AM . - Apr 10, 2008 Updated Apr 10, 2008, 11:29am HST - Apr 10, 2008 Updated Apr 10, 2008, 11:29am HST. His brother Milton "Sonny" Beamer had also passed just two weeks prior on July 5th. August 2, 2017. July 31, 2017. For advance tickets, contact Hulali Solomon Covington, kumu hula loea at 938-8620 or email Poohala1860@ymail.com. New York (NY), USA - Guitarist Keola Beamer's sixth Dancing Cat album, Ka Hikina O Ka Hau (The Coming of the Snow), is not a traditional Hawaiian slack key recording. She was 84. The singer-guitarist has been . Teddy Randazzo produced and arranged Keola and Kapono Beamer's best-selling song and album, "Honolulu City Lights." Advertiser library photo Randazzo also was a major player on the Island recording scene, producing and arranging Keola and Kapono Beamer's best-selling song and album, "Honolulu City Lights," and composing such signature tunes as . She was 84. She was a hula teacher. A Hawaiian legend who has stretched HONOLULU (AP) - Nona Beamer, a noted authority on Hawaiian culture and matriarch of the musical Beamer family, has died. Louise Beamer dies OBITUARIES By Helen Altonn Star-Bulletin. READ MORE Posted in Death Notices Amy G. Loui Published On December 16th, 2021 94, of Honolulu, died in Honolulu on . Descended from a long line of Hawaiian composers, musicians and hula dancers dating to the 14th century, Keola Beamer "is in a category to himself," Landeza observes. The youngest in a family of nine children he was born and raised on the windward side of O'ahu. Her ancestral name, meaning "precious flower", can be . Beamer passed away in 2008. Slack-key guitarist Keola Beamer, yet another Grammy nominee and a member of one of Hawaii's most esteemed musical families, hosts weeklong workshops twice a year for aspiring musicians.At the . The Edmonds Center for the Arts 2013-2014 Season gets under way in October with 21 shows featuring everyone from Rufus Wainwright to the Seattle International Comedy Competition. Keola Beamer. But for well-loved Hawaiian performers Keola Beamer and Raiatea Helm, it's more than just chemistry that makes their music melodious. READ MORE Clyde L. Amaral 92, of Honolulu, died in Honolulu on . monday 2021-11-15. number available: 100. more ads by this user. His two tracks . Cheap Concerts, Sports & Theater Tickets Click to View Tickets GOLF NASCAR NHL MLB NFL BASKETBALL HOCKEY BASEBALL FOOTBALL SOCCER BOXING RODEO TENNIS WWE NBA 2021 2022 Los Angeles Lakers Oakland Raiders Golden State Warriors Rams Chargers All Star Game Clippers San Francisco 49ers Kings Stanford Cardinal Saturday Night USC Trojans Anaheim Ducks Sacramento Kings San Jose Sharks AMA Monster Jam . HONOLULU (AP) - Nona Beamer, a noted authority on Hawaiian culture and matriarch of the music al Beamer family, has died. The combination of David's knowledge and desire to pass on . Magoon also wrote for the stage. "Mother was very strong in education. With many musicians around the globe heading online to livestream performances, Maui's Keola Beamer will present a unique concert via YouTube at 2 p.m. Friday, teaming with Bhutanese musician . David Holt has long been considered one of the finest players and teachers of old-time clawhammer banjo. Keola's voice is at the right place for the leo of Hawaii nei. Beamer is a Hawaiian legend who has stretched the . Ancient ancestors include Big Island Queen Ahiakumai Ki'eki'e and Ho'olulu . Obituary. He appeared on Sesame Street in Season 9 in the Hawaiian storyline, as Keola.

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