Keola Beamer News

 
Two generations of Hawaiian musicians delight young and old alike
Napa Valley Register
Nowhere is this more evident than in the music of Keola Beamer, who's crafted his style with elements of the ancient and the modern, the indigenous and the introduced. On the one hand, he actively champions Hawaiian forms that predate contact with ...


 
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
DVR alert: “One Voice,” Pacific Heartbeat series share stories of Hawaii and ...
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
Mon., May 14, 8 pm: “Keola Beamer: Mālama Ko Aloha (Keep Your Love),” co-produced by the renowned musician, who performed at Stanford University last Sunday with Raiatea Helm, and Pennybacker. (Also airs at 2 am May 15.) “The idea of Aloha is Hawai'i's ...


 
The Sun
Aloha to paradise
The Sun
Keola Beamer, the musician behind some of The Descendants' hypnotic soundtrack, summed it up when he told us: “We Hawaiians believe that aloha, the spirit of love and generosity, is our greatest gift to the world. We know how lucky we are to live in ...


 
The Guardian
Mark Kermode's DVD round-up
The Guardian
Add to this a wonderfully authentic Hawaiian jukebox soundtrack courtesy of Gabby Pahinui, Keola Beamer et al and this awards-garlanded oddity (which won the Oscar for adapted screenplay) becomes a deceptively deep surprise. Liam Neeson in The Grey.


 
" Community Calendar"
Bend Bulletin
KEOLA BEAMER: The slack key guitar player performs traditional Hawaiian music, with Raiatea Helm; $25 or $35; 7 pm; Tower Theatre, 835 NW Wall St., Bend; 541-317-0700 or www.towertheatre.org. BOOK DISCUSSION: Discuss “The Rules of Civility” by Amor ...

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