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Amy Hanaiali`i and Willie K
Raised on Maui, Willie Kahaiali'i (a.k.a.Willie K.) has been playing music and entertaining audiences since the age of 10. His father Manu Kahaiali'i, one of Hawai'i's most respected musicians, recruited Willie and his brothers to perform in his band. From the very beginning, Willie was influenced by and exposed to a myriad of musical genres; from the Hawaiian, Jazz, and early R&B he heard at his father's side, to the sounds emanating from the radio and TV from musical giants such as B.B. King, Santana, Jimi Hendrix, and Willie Nelson.
Amy Hanaiali`i Gilliom is one of Hawaii's shining stars, who has won the hearts of many with the resurrection of Ha`i (female falsetto singing).
A multi-Na Hoku Hanohano Award winner, her last four albums have won her Song of Year, Female Vocalist of the Year, Hawaiian, Album of the Year and Group of the Year. Her first album "Hawaiian Tradition" placed her on the World Billboard Charts, a first for an album written solely in the Hawaiian language.
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