Matt Sproat is a

Nā Hōkū Hanohano 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 ...

Award-winning Hawaiian musician, singer, producer, and story-teller. He is a guitarist and singer with the Hawaiian music trio, Waipuna. He is the great-grandnephew of the legendary musician and story-teller Kindy Sproat, who was a 1988 NEA National Heritage Fellow.

Early life

Sproat was born on the island of O‘ahu and grew up in the North Shore town of Hau‘ula. He is a 1990 graduate of

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Personal life

Sproat is married to business executive, author, and political commentator Trisha Kehaulani Watson-Sproat.

Career

In 2008, he and fellow musician Kale Hannahs formed the Hawaiian music group, Waipuna. In 2009, they released their first album, ''Mana‘o Pili''. Two years later, their second album, ''E Ho‘i Mai'' was released. It would win three Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards. That same year, David Kamakahi, son of legendary Hawaiian guitarist and musician,

Dennis Kamakahi Dennis David Kahekilimamaoikalanikeha Kamakahi (March 31, 1953 – April 28, 2014) was a Hawaiian slack key guitarist, recording artist, music composer, and Christian minister. He was a three-time Grammy Award winner, and in 2009 he was inducted ...

, joined the band. The trio released the

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("EP") ''Nāpili'' in 2013. This album would win two

Nā Hōkū 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 ...

, one for Best EP, and a solo award for Kamakahi, for Best Instrumental Composition of the Year ("Nāpili Bay"). The group's fourth released, ''E Mau Ke Aloha'', followed in 2014. For their 10-year anniversary, the group recorded and released their fifth collaboration, the self-titled album ''Waipuna''. It would win that year's Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award for "Best Hawaiian Single" for "He Aloha Waiau". In 2018, Sproat appeared in the Project Kuleana video for the song "Hau‘ula Paka." Sproat is also a master woodworker, and founded his own indigenous wood craft company The Kealohi Collection.

Discography

* Aloha Festivals Hawaiian Falsetto Contest Winners Vol 5. (2004, Various Artists) * Mana‘o Pili (2009, Waipuna) * E Ho‘i Mai (2011, Waipuna) * Nāpili (2013, Waipuna) * E Mau Ke Aloha (2014, Waipuna) * Waipuna (2019, Waipuna)

References

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