Weldon Kekauoha
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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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Weldon Kekauoha". Big Island Now. June 3, 2017. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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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