Makana with special guest percussionist Lopaka Colón Jr. / Also featuring Benny Uyetake. скачать в хорошем качестве

Makana with special guest percussionist Lopaka Colón Jr. / Also featuring Benny Uyetake.

Born and raised in Hawai’i, Makana is an internationally recognized master of the rare Hawaiian art of slack key guitar. Not to be confused with steel (slide) guitar, slack key is older than the blues and was created by Hawaiians in the early 1800s as a way of simulating three guitars in one by playing bass, rhythm and melody in beautiful “open” tunings unique to the islands. Out of slack key, Makana has fashioned a hybrid style of slack key, blues and bluegrass he calls “Slack Rock”. He has supported acts ranging from Santana and Sting to Jason Mraz, Joe Walsh of The Eagles, Bad Company, Leon Russell, Chris Isaak, Chris Botti, Elvis Costello, Common, Gotye, Jack Johnson and many others. His voice is reminiscent of Tracy Chapman/ Jeff Buckley. Guitar Player magazine voted him one of the top three guitarists in America in 2008, and Esquire said "Slack key guitar, indigenous to Hawai'i, is older than the blues, and Makana is considered the greatest living player."