Updated at 10:56 a.m., Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Ka'apana among 30 Hawaii Music Award winners
By Wayne Harada
Advertiser Entertainment Writer
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Ledward Ka'apana's "Grandmaster Slack Key Guitar" won the slack key category in the 10th annual Hawaii Music Awards. An awards presentation is set for next month at the Hilton Hawaiian Village.
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"Maluhia" by Keali'i Reichel took the seasonal category. The Hawaii Music Awards is considered Hawai'i's "other" award, an alternative to the Hawai'i Academy of Recording Arts' Na Hoku Hanohano Awards
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Ledward Ka'apana didn't win a Grammy Award this year, but his "Grandmaster Slack Key Guitar" CD has won a slack key nod in the 10th annual Hawaii Music Awards.
He is one of 30 winners in the competition, announced on the Music Foundation of Hawaii Web site (http://www.hawaiimusicawards.com). The awards presentation is set from 7 to 10 p.m. March 23 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village's Tropics Showroom. A reception from 6 to 7 p.m. precedes the awards show. Tickets: $75, includes dinner and show.
The Hawaii Music Awards, a project of the Music Foundation of Hawaii, does not certify an overall "best album," but acknowledges achievement in 30 categories. It is considered Hawai'i's "other" award, an alternative to the Hawai'i Academy of Recording Arts' Na Hoku Hanohano Awards, which will be presented June 20.
The complete list of 2007 winners, by categories:
Adult contemporary — "Follow Me," by Manoa DNA.
Anthology — "Kapena Collection Vol. 3," by Kapena.
Classical — "Ampersand," by John Carollo.
Comedy — "Radio Kings Back on the Throne," by Lanai & Augie.
Compilation — "Aloha Joe Radio," Aloha From Paradise (various artists).
Contemporary Hawaiian — "Tribute," by Pali.
Country music — "Ernie Cruz Sr. Only Better," by Ernie Cruz Sr.
Dancehall reggae — "Riddum Killah," by Zulu.
Best DVD — "Live at the Hawai'i Theatre," by The Makaha Sons.
Exotica — "Charred Mammal Flesh," by Waitiki.
Folk — "My Back Pages, the Folk Years," by Peter Apo & the Rainbow Nation Band.
Inspirational/gospel — "Misaki," by Misaki.
Hip-hop — "5:54" by Afatia.
International Hawaiian — "Kainoa Blues Band," by Luka Kauhola & Kainoa Kaoru.
Island contemporary — "The Secret's Out," by Kawao.
Jazz — "Jazz Island," by Ginai.
Polynesian — "Gathering of the Kings," by Island Breeze.
Pop — "Changing," by Keahiwai.
Reggae — "Koko Meets Ooklah the Moc," by Ooklah the Moc.
Rhythm 'n' blues — "Lyrics From the Heart," by Lei.
Rock — "Tunes With Love," by Mark Coleman.
Seasonal — "Maluhia," by Keali'i Reichel.
Single — "Toes in the Sand," by Steve Zuwala.
Ska — "Still," by Upstanding Youth.
Slack Key — "Grandmaster Slack Key Guitar," by Ledward Ka'apana.
Steel guitar — "Past Present and Future," by Legends of Hawaiian Steel Guitar.
Traditional Hawaiian — "Hawaiian Memories," by Manny K. Fernandez.
'Ukulele — "Brittni," by Brittni Paiva.
World music — "True Love," by Emile Simon & Pierre Grill & L'Escargot.
Also, People's Choice for new artists: Steve Espaniola, Misaki, Mana Poly-All Stars.
Reach Wayne Harada at wharada@honoluluadvertiser.com or 525-8067.
Reach Wayne Harada at wharada@honoluluadvertiser.com.
