Two Hawaiian musicians meeting in a friend’s cozy Kula home decided over dinner that they enjoy the same type of music. An established storyteller by the name of Keli‘i Tau‘ā proposed to the interpreter, David Kauahikaua, that they collaborate their creative juices and produce a musical product never heard before in the Hawaiian music scene.

Keli‘i tells the enchanting stories of Maui; his lyrics paint a vivid picture. However, the magic of this album is how David interprets the stories.

David Kauahikaua and Keliʻi Tauʻā are pleased to announce the arrival of their latest collaboration- Hōkū. Hōkū is a thematic album based on the 2007 voyage of Hawaiʻiʻs famous sailing canoe Hōkūleʻa from Hawaiʻi through Micronesia to Yokohama Bay, Japan.

   Join us at the Ale House to see what is possible when two talented artists collaborate to tell the stories of a once-in-a-lifetime voyage across the Pacific.

E Komo Mai!