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Kimie
Kimié Kauikeolani Miner better known as Kimié, is an American singer-songwriter and musician of Native Hawaiian and Portuguese descent. In November 2019 Miner earned her first Grammy Award nomination for the compilation album titled " Hawaiian Lullaby" as a producer along with producer Imua Garza. It was released in 2019 under her label Haku Collective. Hawaiian Lullaby was nominated in the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards under the Best Regional Roots Music Album category. Miner is an independent artist formerly managed by Kimo Kennedy of Arium Music and Kekoa Kapua of FR Management. Early life and education Kimié grew up in both Kailua-Kona and Honolulu. At age 14, she began writing songs and taught herself how to play the guitar. Kimié graduated from Kamehameha Schools in 2003 and went on to attend the University of San Diego before transferring back to the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Career In 2004 while attending the University of San Diego, Kimié sang for reggae lege ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hawaiian Lullaby
''Hawaiian Lullaby'' is a compilation album by artists in the Haku Collective. It was released on May 24, 2019. Production The Hawaiian Lullaby project was put together by singer/songwriter/producer Kimie. She was inspired to record this album while raising her first child and being pregnant with her second child. Hawaiian Lullaby is a 13-track collaborative album featuring musicians of Hawaii. On the album they share their favorite children lullabies and other favorites in both the English and Hawaiian languages. "You Are My Sunshine" was a song Kimie Miner would always sing to her baby while pregnant and even after giving birth. Miner was the main album producer for the record. Imua Garza was also a producer on the project. Awards ''Hawaiian Lullaby'' was nominated for a Grammy Award in December 2019, for Best Regional Roots Music Album. In October 2020 the album won a Na Hoku Hanohano Award for Compilation Album of the Year. The award went to the album producers Kimie Mine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anuhea Jenkins
Rylee Anuheakeʻalaokalokelani Jenkins (born December 10, 1985), known professionally as Anuhea, is a Hawaiian musician, singer, and songwriter. Early life and education Anuhea grew up in Makawao, Hawaii on the island of Maui. She is of Hawaiian, Chinese, German, Welsh, and Native American descent. Anuhea graduated from Kamehameha Schools in 2003. Upon graduation she attended Chapman University in Orange County, California but left in 2005. She competed in the 2006 Miss Maui Pageant where she won Miss Congeniality and 2nd Runner Up. Career Anuhea's self-titled debut album '' Anuhea'' was released on April 21, 2009. Her second album '' For Love'' was released on February 14, 2012. She recorded a live album titled ''Butterflies: Anuhea Live'' that was released on September 17, 2013, through Mailboat Records, a record label started by Jimmy Buffett. Anuhea released a Christmas EP ''All Is Bright'' on November 13, 2015, and another EP titled ''Shoulders'' on February 5, 2016. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
62nd Annual Grammy Awards
The 62nd Annual Grammy Awards ceremony was held on January 26, 2020, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. It recognized the best recordings, compositions, and artists of the eligibility year, running from October 1, 2018, to August 31, 2019. Alicia Keys hosted the ceremony, having hosted the previous year's ceremony as well. Lizzo received the most nominations of any artist with eight, followed by Billie Eilish and Lil Nas X with six each. Finneas, Eilish's brother, received the most awards with six, followed by Eilish herself with five. Eilish became the second artist to win the four major categories of Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist in the same year after Christopher Cross in 1981. Ten days prior to the ceremony, Recording Academy president Deborah Dugan was relieved of her duties as president and CEO and placed on administrative leave from the organization. She sparked controversy by claiming that the organization engaged in c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imua Garza
Imua Garza is a Grammy Award nominated producer, vocalist, musician, recording engineer and composer. His first official professional music release was around the age of 11. He then went on to record and perform with the ukulele group Opihi Pickers. Imua Garza's interest in music began at the young age of nine when he began playing the piano and taking music lessons. Soon he was playing several instruments including th'ukulele guitar, violin, and the electric bass. Early in his career, he placed second in the local music competition Keiki Stars and was voted one of seven acts considered "Producers Best". Imua first appeared on a professionally released compact disc at eleven when his version of "On Fire" was included on the Hidden Treasures - Ukulele Stylings 2 CD released in 1996 featuring Hawaii's most promising ukulele players. At about this time Imua began playing in his first music group, Opihi Pickers, with his brother and cousin. The Opihi Pickers' first CD, Fresh Off the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Green (band)
The Green is a reggae band formed in 2009 from Oahu, Hawaii.Lucky 13 for The Green , '''', August 30, 2013. Retrieved August 31, 2013 Their sound blends dub-heavy , smooth lovers' rock, and contemporary pop and rock with indigenous Hawaiian musical/lyrical references. The current band consists of Caleb Keolanui on vocals, Ikaika Antone on keys/vocals, Zion Thompson on guitar/vocals, Brad Watanabe on Bass/vocals and Jordan Espinoza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Best Regional Roots Music Album
The Grammy Award for Best Regional Roots Music Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 as the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for releasing albums in the regionally based traditional American music, including Hawaiian, Native American, polka, zydeco and Cajun music genres. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position". The category was introduced in 2012 in which the previous Best Hawaiian Music Album, Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album and Best Native American Music Album categories were combined. The change was the result of a major overhaul of Grammy categories, announced in April 2011. The new category also recognizes other American roots forms, such as polka, whose own ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tenelle
Tenelle Christine Luafalemana (born July 21, 1988) is an Samoan Americans, American Samoan singer-songwriter from Carson, California. She represented American Samoa in the American Song Contest where she placed 6th in the Grand Final. Early life Tenelle grew up in Carson, California where she was originally a softball player. At the age of 12, she started taking singing lessons with vocal coach Tim Carter, best known for his work with artists such as Beyoncé and Willow Smith. After graduating from Gardena High School in 2006, Tenelle joined three of her uncles in a band called ''Chord Brown''. Career Tenelle started her solo career as a popular regional performer on the West Coast of the United States and in Oceania. She became internationally recognized after the release of her single "Flava" by Grammy Award, Grammy nominated artist Meghan Trainor in 2013. The song quickly rose on the iTunes singles chart, even reaching the number 1 spot. Tenelle's 2014 single "Get Some" was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Grammy Awards
The Grammy Awards, stylized as GRAMMY, and often referred to as The Grammys, are awards presented by The Recording Academy of the United States to recognize outstanding achievements in music. They are regarded by many as the most prestigious and significant awards in the music industry in the United States, and thus the show is frequently called "music's biggest night". The trophy depicts a gilded gramophone, and the original idea was to call them the "Gramophone Awards". The Grammys are the first of the Big Three networks' major music awards held annually, and are considered one of the four major annual American entertainment awards with the Academy Awards (for films), the Emmy Awards (for television), and the Tony Awards (for theater). The first Grammy Awards ceremony was held on May 4, 1959, to honor the musical accomplishments of performers for the year 1958. After the 2011 ceremony, the Recording Academy overhauled many Grammy Award categories for 2012. The 67th Annua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Women Singer-songwriters
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Na Hoku Hanohano Awards
The Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards, occasionally called the Nā Hōkū Awards or Hoku Awards, are the premier music awards in Hawaii.Berger, John"A night of Na Hoku Hanohano" ''Honolulu Star-Advertiser''. May 22, 2011.Haug, Kawehi"Hoku awardees shine; Mailani, Willie K named best vocalists" ''Hawaii 24/7''. May 31, 2010. They are considered to be Hawaii's equivalent of the Grammy Awards. "Nā Hōkū Hanohano" means "Stars of Distinction" in Hawaiian – "hōkū" means "star", "nā" makes it plural, and "hanohano" means "glorious, worthy of praises". The awards were founded in 1978 by radio personality Krash Kealoha of KCCN-AM, a radio station which focused on traditional Hawaiian music. He launched the first awards with the support of the owner of the radio station Sydney Grayson, and his fellow DJs Kimo Kahoʻāno and Jacqueline “Skylark” Rossetti. The award winners are currently selected by the voting members of the non-profit Hawaii Academy of Recording Arts, which was founded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
