Makana ~ Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Makana ~ Thoroughly Modern Mele
The Miners Foundry is pleased to present Makana, returning to the Foundry on Wednesday, November 5, 2014. Makana is an internationally acclaimed slack-key guitarist, singer, composer, philosopher, activist, and one of Hawaii’s cultural ambassadors to the world. Virtuosic and versatile, Makana’s music defies description. His solo performance is an exhilarating ride through the breadth of slack key, folk, rock, bluegrass, ethnic, and jazz, and his distinctly original songs are infused with the spirit of Hawai’i.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the music begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20.00 in Advance and $25.00 at the Door. Tickets are available online, in person or by phone at the Miners Foundry, or in person at Briar Patch Co-Op.
“Slack key guitar music, indigenous to Hawai’i, has been around longer than the blues, and Makana is considered the greatest living player.” ~ Esquire Magazine
Makana’s music transcends category and trend by integrating elements of folk, rock, ethnic, classical, bluegrass, jazz, traditional, ambient, electronic, and Hawaiian slack key in gentle to commanding arrangements. The result is innovation and the charting of new sonic frontiers with deep ties to tradition.
Makana creates ground-breaking original music and reanimates classics. Playing both rhythm and melody simultaneously while using intricate right-hand techniques in a myriad of open tunings, slack key players (they are but a handful alive today) are versatile and evocative.
Akim Aginksy
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The Miners Foundry is proud to present Makana in concert on November 6, 2013. With five albums to his credit, Makana has taken the centuries old slack-key tradition and blasted it into the 21st century, fusing it with influences from Bob Marley to the Smashing Pumpkins, and opening for Sting and Santana. His solo performance is an exhilarating ride through the breadth of slack key, folk, rock, bluegrass, ethnic and jazz, all infused with the spirit of Hawaii. Tickets are $18.00 in Advance, $24.00 at the Door and available online, by phone at (530) 265-5040, or in person at Miners Foundry or Briar Patch Co-Op.
