George Kahumoku, Led Kaapana, and Richard Ho‘opi‘i U.S. Fall Tour Coming to Chicago

CHICAGO - Sept. 9, 2014 - PRLog -- George Kahumoku’s Slack Key Show – Masters of Hawaiian Music is taking the show to the mainland from September 12 through October 24. Slack Key guitar Grandmaster, Led Kaapana and falsetto legend, Richard Ho‘opi‘i are joining Hawaii’s Renaissance Man, George Kahumoku on a 6-week tour. Together, these Masters share the delightful experience of ki-ho‘alu (slack key guitar) – the distinctly Hawaiian style of open tunings – ‘ukulele, and Hawaiian vocals. For interviews, call George Kahumoku at 808-280-9948, Tour Calendar at www.kahumoku.com, Slack Key Show Info www.slackkeyshow.com

The tour's fourth concert comes to Chicago - Wednesday, September 17 –World Music Festival, Chicago, IL - 8:00 pm Old Town School of Folk Music - The Gary and Laura Maurer Hall, 4544 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL. Free Admission, http://www.cityofchicago.org/

See them near your hometown: Folsom, CA, Chico, CA, Sebastopol, CA, Chicago, IL, Las Vegas, NV, Felton, CA, Fairbanks, AK, Anchorage, AK, Seattle, WA, Portland, OR, Richmond, VA, Chatham, NJ, New York, NY, Blackwood, NJ, Vienna, VA, Deep River, CT, Denver, CO
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George Kahumoku Jr.is the founder and host of Maui’s prestigious Slack Key Show: Masters of Hawaiian Music, the only venue dedicated to presenting Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar, a finger style of playing using open tunings while picking out the bass, rhythm and lead.  George, a 4-time Grammy Award winner for Best Hawaiian Music, with over 25 solo, collaboration, and compilation CDs to his name, George celebrates over 11 years of his famed weekly Slack Key Show on Maui, at Napili Kai Beach Resort, which produced 4 Grammy-winning CDs. George believes in sharing, celebrating, and perpetuating the unique music and culture that is Hawaii.

Led Kaapana Hawaii's greatest living Slack Key Guitarist and recent winner of the National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowship Award, is one of Hawaii’s most popular and cherished performers. His mastery of stringed instruments and extraordinary baritone and leo ki`eki`e (falsetto) voice has made him a musical legend. His easy-going style and charm have made him a favorite of audiences throughout the world. His family musical group Hui ‘Ohana produced 14 best-selling albums and launched his solo career. Recognition by his peers earned Led four Grammy nominations in his own right and three wins on slack key compilations. He has won multiple Na Hoku Hanohano (Hawai‘i’s “Grammy”) awards, including Favorite Entertainer of the Year in 2009.

Richard Ho‘opi‘i is one of Hawaii's most beloved singers. Known as one half of the popular Maui duo, The Ho‘opi‘i Brothers, which recorded 7 albums, he has practiced the traditional Hawaiian art of leo ki'eki'e (falsetto) for most of his life. He and his late brother, Solomon were recipients in 1997 of the prestigious National Endowment of the Arts Folk Heritage Fellowship, America's highest honor for traditional artists. “Uncle” Richard knows that, like all Hawaiian artists, he maintains a rich cultural legacy. "When you sing Hawaiian music," he says, "you're representing the kupuna (elders), who have guided and inspired you, and all the musicians that came before and will come after."