Biography
Ku'uipo Kumukahi is an artist of traditional Hawaiian music who is known for her continuance of traditional performance styles and instruments. Her first solo album was "Na Hiwa Kupuna O Ku'u One Hanau," released in 1994. The album received a record-breaking nine nominations in the 1994 Na Hoku Hanohano Music Awards, the so-called "Grammys of Hawaiian Music." In the end, it won in five categories, including Female Vocalist of the Year, Best Traditional Hawaiian Album, and the Haku Mele Award for "'O Waikulumea." It was four years before Kumukahi's next album, "Na Leo Kama'aina O Ku'u 'Aina Ho'oheno," appeared; the album won a Na Hoku Hanohano Music Award for Excellence for the Use of the Hawaiian Language in Song Compositions.
Her three later albums are:
• So Sweet (1999) - Hawai'i Music Awards: Traditional Hawaiian Album of the Year
• E Ku'u Lei E Ku'u Ipo (2000) - Hawai'i Music Awards: Female Vocalist of the Year
• The Royal Music Club Presents Ku'uipo Kumukahi (2003) (Japan only)
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