Keola Beamer - Soliloquy: Ka Leo O Loko

Keola Beamer is one of the top names of Hawaiian slack-key guitar, since the death of the old masters. On his seventh solo album, he freely mixes original and slack-key classics, generally working alone (several tracks feature overdubs), while duetting with label head George Winston -- better known for his piano work, but playing guitar here -- on "Na Hala O Naue." The meat of slack-key, which is fingerpicked in many different tunings, is the sumptuous melodies, and Beamer has no shortage of those. Read More