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For Hawaiian music legends Keola Beamer and Henry Kapono, that island sound courses through their veins. Before becoming a joint touring act, both artists came up during a Hawaiian music boom ...
When LVL UP was still a thing, Mike Caridi — one of the band’s three main songwriters — occasionally put out songs on his own as the Glow. Now that they’re broken up, Caridi is dedicating ...
Mike Caridi of Brooklyn indie-rock quartet LVL UP has shared “Beamer,” the first song from his new project The Glow, following the dissolution of LVL UP. Caridi plans to release a full-length ...
HILO She was not only my mother. She was my best friend. “She was the one responsible for doing a lot of the choreography for the Beamer music — “Kimo Hula,” “Kawohikukapulani” — you ...
Keola Beamer’s ‘70s hit “Honolulu City Nights” is a ubiquitous symbol of Hawaiian popular music, and as a guitar teacher, he’s helped make the once closely guarded secrets of slack-key ...
Lahaina is seen from the air on Aug. 10. Hawaiian music legend Keola Beamer and Kumu Hula Moanalani Beamer, whose Lahaina home was damaged but overall spared in the recent fire, will perform with ...