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Slack Key Guitar, Volume 2 ()

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Track Listing
  1. Celtic Summer
  2. Punahele
  3. Nai'o
  4. Kahealani
  5. Circle Song
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  1. Celtic Summer
  2. Punahele
  3. Nai'o
  4. Kahealani
  5. Circle Song
  6. Anuhea's Song
  7. Julia's Whisper
  8. Keiki Slack Key
  9. Kanaka Nova
  10. Jo Bo's Night
  11. Hamakua Hale
  12. Noe Noe Uakea]
  13. Paniolo Medley
  14. Kiholo Moon
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Although recorded in Hawaii, Slack Key Guitar Volume 2 isn't, for the most part, hardcore native slack-key playing. That's quite apparent from the first cut, the pretty "Celtic Summer" from Bryan Kessler. It's certainly attractive enough, but short on the Island sentiment. Sonny Lim corrects that by covering "Punahele," by the great Raymond Kane (one of two Kane tunes on the disc), and the set really takes off once Keoki Kahumoku gets to "Circle Song." The second half of the album fares better than the first, with more ...

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