Big Island Events: Kohala in Concert at Kilauea Volcano

Watch a video of Kohala playing C&K's "Highway In The Sun"

I really like this group - Kohala is a trio of acoustic guitars performing mostly Hawaiian pop hits done in a very tasteful and masterful way with no cheesiness which abounds in this genre of music. Charles Brotman was the producer of the CD "Slack Key Guitar volume 2" which won the first GRAMMY award for Hawaiian music. This CD featured a variety of artists like Jeff Peterson, John Keawe, Sonny Lim (all of whom have appeared in the Southern California Slack Key Festival) among other noteworthy island musicians.

"The beloved Big Island acoustic guitar trio Kohala is slated to play a rare concert at the KMC Theater in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park. The Kilauea Volcano performance takes place on Saturday, June 13 at 7:30 p.m. and is sponsored by the Volcano Art Center.

“Kohala’s music--an acoustic blend of contemporary Hawaiian, folk, and jazz--reflects the beauty of the landscape and culture found in the Kohala region on the Big Island, where two of the acoustic guitar trio live,” notes VAC education coordinator Julie Mitchell, who is organizing the concert.

Kohala’s lead guitarist, GRAMMY® Award winning Charles Michael Brotman, is a classical guitarist who began playing contemporary jazz after completing graduate studies in music. Rupert Tripp Jr. and Charlie Recaido grew up in Hawai‘i playing island music on steel string guitars using a finger picking style. The combination of the trio’s diverse musical influences creates their own distinct sound."

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