Moses Kahumoku – “Hiʻilawe” (Slack Key ʻUkulele) A moment that reminds you why the Hawaiian tradition of kī hō‘alu lives far beyond the guitar. Here, Uncle Moses Kahumoku takes up a custom Kanile‘a tenor ʻukulele he’d never played before—recorded outdoors in Pāhala on November 6, 2011—and in a single take, lets “Hiʻilawe” flow as if the instrument were a lifelong friend. This famous mele, composed by Sam Li‘a Kalainaina of Waipi‘o Valley in the early 1900s, tells of love beneath the twin waterfa

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