Weldon Kekauoha | |
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| Born | August 21, 1967 Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. |
Weldon Kekauoha (born August 21, 1967, in Honolulu, Hawaii) is a Grammy Award nominated, multi Na Hoku Hanohano Award winning Hawaiian singer, songwriter. and recording artist.
Young Weldon showed interest in music since a young age so his mother took him to sing in Honolulu Boy Choir, which took him into tours in the mainland, Canada and Mexico. [1] At the age four he received his first ukulele. [2]
In 1993 Kekauoha became a member of Mana‘o Company's reconstructed version. [3] Kekauoha released his first solo album called Hawaiian Man in 2000. [2]
Kekauoha has said that music in particular has been a very important element of saving Native Hawaiian culture. [4] Since 2020 Kekauoha has lived on Big Island with his wife Yuko Kekauoha. [3]
References
- ^ "Weldon Kekauoha biography". Last.fm. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
- ^ a b "Weldon Kekauoha". Big Island Now. June 3, 2017. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
- ^ a b Roby, Steve (July 26, 2021). "Weldon Kekauoha's Dreamy Concert Under the Stars". Big Island Music Magazine. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
- ^ "Program Guide" (PDF). PBS Hawai‘i. 2018. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
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