One of Hawai‘i’s premier live music experiences, award-winning Kanekoa fuses eclectic roots with flavors of reggae, blues, funk, jazz, Hawaiian, and island music with jamband energy. Playing ’ukulele-powered Hawaiian jam-rock and pushing the envelope of Hawai‘i’s joyful 4-string instrument, soulful singer Kaulana Kanekoa on rhythm uke, phenom Vince Esquire on lead ‘ukulele, and master of the U-Bass Don Lopez are joined by Travis Rice on cajon to round out their unique sound. Original songs mix with jamband interpretations that continue to surprise and delight audiences and fans.
“The band is amazing” says Mick Fleetwood, Fleetwood Mac
“The Hawaiian Grateful Dead” —Bill Kreutzmann, The Grateful Dead
“These guys scare me, they are that good” —David Hidalgo, Los Lobos