Kulaiwi to perform free concert Sunday in Kona

KAILUA-KONA — Hawaiian music will fill the air as Kokua Kailua debuts a free one-hour spring concert at 4 p.m. on Sunday, April 16, at Emma's Squar...

April 20, 2023
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KAILUA-KONA — Hawaiian music will fill the air as Kokua Kailua debuts a free one-hour spring concert at 4 p.m. on Sunday, April 16, at Emma's Square (across from Hulihe‘e Palace). Kulaiwi – featuring three award-winning Native Hawaiians Kawika Kahiapo, Lehua Kalima Alvarez and Shawn Kekoa Pimental — will perform songs from their new multiple award-winning self-titled album, 'Kulaiwi – Native Lands.' Kulaiwi was awarded the Hawaii Academy of Recording Arts 2022 Na Hoku Hanohano Awards for Album of the Year, Group of the Year, Hawaiian Album of the Year and Hawaiian Engineering Award of the Year.