waipuna Archive
24 Feb 2020
For Hawai’ian Trio Waipuna, Stories and Emotions Transcend Language

Among music fans living in mainland United States, there’s relatively little knowledge of Hawai’ian music. And what awareness there is centers largely around Don Ho’s “Tiny Bubbles” and Bing Crosby’s holiday classic “Mele Kalikimaka.” Those commercial smashes merely hint at the rich musical culture of the 50th state. One of the prime exponents of Hawai’ian