Genoa Keawe
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'Aunty' Genoa Leilani Adolpho Keawe-Aiko (October 31, 1918 – February 25, 2008) was a Hawaiian musician.
In 2005, she received an honorary
Early life
Genoa Leilani Adolpho's early years were full of moving about. She was born in 1918 in Kakaʻako in a stable. In her childhood her family moved about several occasions. Before she was ten years old she'd already lived on
This move to Laʻie would help facilitate the phenomenal music career that would highlight her life. Keawe always loved to sing ever since she was a little girl. In Laʻie she received her early musical training as a member of a local
Keawe was a lifelong member of the LDS Church.[4]
Career
She began performing music professionally prior to
Her long musical career had taken her throughout the islands and around the world. She had played at luʻaus, lounges, bars, and on numerous radio and television shows.
Keawe had taken great pride in preserving
She had been recording music professionally since 1946. Her original record label was with the 49th State Hawaii record company. She then went on to record with Hula Records. After a falling out with the company she founded her own record label, Genoa Keawe Records, to record her music and the music of her family and friends. Along with the band, who had often been known as Aunty Genoa's Hawaiians, she helped to perpetuate Hawaiian music.[5]
Keawe is a recipient of a 2000 National Heritage Fellowship awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the United States government's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts.[6]
Death
After years of health complications, Keawe died in the morning of February 25, 2008, at the age of 89.[4]
References
- ^ "Entertainer Aunty Genoa Keawe dies - Pacific Business News". Pacific Business News. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
- ^ a b c Lynn Cook (October–November 2007). "The High Life". Hana Hou! Vol. 10 No. 5.
- ^ "September 2005 Campus News from the University of Hawaii 10-campus System :: Malamalama, the magazine of the University of Hawaii system". www.hawaii.edu. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
- ^ a b "LDS in Hawaii lose music icon, Aunty Genoa Leilani Keawe". DeseretNews.com. February 26, 2008. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
- ^ Star-Bulletin, Honolulu. "starbulletin.com | Features | /2007/10/29/". archives.starbulletin.com. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
- ^ "NEA National Heritage Fellowships 2000". www.arts.gov. National Endowment for the Arts. Archived from the original on September 21, 2020. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
Further reading
- Burl Burlingame and Robert K. Kasher. Da Kine Sound: Conversations With the People Who Create Hawaiian Music. Booklines Hawaii Ltd. 1978. Paperback: .
External links
- "The Hawaiian Concert Guide (search for Genoa Keawe)". The Hawaiian Concert Guide. Orange, CA, USA: Hawaiian Concert Guide Internet Radio Show. Retrieved March 19, 2013. -