Monday, August 13, 2012

Patrick Landeza in Altadena Aug. 14

The Coffee Gallery Backstage
2029 N. Lake
Altadena, CA.
Phone For Reservations: (626) 798-6236
www.coffeegallery.com


PATRICK LANDEZA.... heard his slack key guitar calling at a young age. Having grown up thinking that all families threw backyard parties where their Hawaiian uncles played slack key guitar, he found that not only was this not the case, but that many mainlanders just didn't know much about Hawaiian music. Poised and ready to break the Don Ho stereotype, Patrick began learning slack key guitar from the likes of Raymond Kane, Cyril Pahinui, Dennis Kamakahi, and George Kuo as a teenager. His early training paid off. Twenty years later, he is himself considered a master of the style.

Hot off the heels of a Carnegie Hall performance, a Hawaiian Music Award for slack key, and as a Na Hoku Hanohano Award finalist (the Hawaiian “Grammy”), Patrick brings his wit and aloha to the Coffee Gallery Backstage.He became the youngest recipient of the prestigious Kapalakiko Aloha Spirit Award, and before the age of 40 he became the first mainland-based Hawaiian musician to be nominated for Na Hoku Hanohano Award (the Hawaiian "Grammy,").

His latest CD, "Kama`alua," is a finalist for the 2012 award. Having performed at Carnegie Hall in January and with several appearances on National Public Radio's "West Coast Live," Landeza has found himself filling some some very big shoes.

"I never really thought of myself as the purveyor of a cultural tradition, but it seems that things have turned out that way," he says. "Slack key is a beautiful art form. When people are finally exposed to it, they just fall in love with it."

While maintaining the traditions of slack key, Patrick also offers something new on “Kama`alua” - the unique integration of Hawai`i and California through song. Ultimately, the ability to meld these two influences originates from Landeza’s acceptance of his own identity as a California-born Hawaiian. Throughout the CD, Landeza has employed the advice of his mentors - “write about your time and how you feel, and represent who you are.” As a result, "Kama`alua" is the first of it’s kind – a musical amalgamation of Hawai`i and California, and a melodic bridge between two unique but deeply connected cultures.


TUESDAY, August 14. Show @ 8:00 P.M. Tickets: $18.00

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