Alicia plays slack key guitar and sings sixteen Hawai’ian songs and medleys, eight of which are original. Two renowned Hawaiian musicians, chanter/percussionist Lei’ohu Ryder and jazz guitarist/vocalist Sam Ahia, join her. The CD opens with the first and only Hawai’ian birthday song (an original), followed by environmental anthems, turn-of-the-century instrumentals, Waikiki lounge tunes from the 1930’s, hulas in three part harmony, homages to Hawai’ian grandmother musicians, tropical feel-good swing tunes, and odes to landscapes of overwhelming beauty. The ten-panel full-color booklet, written, illustrated and designed by Alicia, includes the complete lyrics, translations of all the Hawai’ian words, and little stories about each song that include notes on Hawai’ian history, biology, geology, and social customs.

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