Audio Cassette review:
Ledward Kaapana - Waltz of the Wind

Ledward Kaapana - Waltz of the Wind

Band: Ledward Kaapana Title: Waltz of the Wind Rating: Release Date: 15 September, 1998 Media: Audio Cassette Tracks: 1: Radio Hula - Ledward Kaapana 2: My Yeallow Ginger Lei - Ledward Kaapana 3: Waltz of the Wind - Sam Bush, Ledward Kaapana, Alison Krauss 4: 'Opihi Moemoe - Ledward Kaapana 5: Move It on Over - Jerry Douglas, Ledward Kaapana, Ricky Skaggs 6: Steel Guitar Rag - Jerry Douglas, Ledward Kaapana 7: Koke'e - Stuart Duncan, Ledward Kaapana 8: Flammes d'Enfer - Ledward Kaapana, Sonny Landreth 9: Ku'u Ipo Onaona - Ledward Kaapana, Sonny Landreth 10: Yesterday - Stuart Duncan, Ledward Kaapana, Sam Bush 11: Spanish Eyes - Ledward Kaapana 12: My Sweetheart - Bob Brozman, Ledward Kaapana 13: Hanohano Hanalei - Bob Brozman, Ledward Kaapana 14: Honeysuckle Rose - Ledward Kaapana, George Winston 15: Mockin' Bird Hill - Ledward Kaapana

Editoral Review Slack key is a turn-of-the-century creation that uses open tunings to create a rich, dreamy sound; Kaapana's style embraces the genre's traditional and progressive wings alike. The serenity of the central Pacific meets the stateliness of the deep South when Hawaiian slack-key guitar master Led Kaapana works with Nashville stalwarts like Ricky Skaggs and Alison Krauss. A master improviser, he plays more tautly here than he would with Hawaiian accompanists, while the Nashville cats are bluegrass speedsters enjoying a rare chance to ease up. Louisiana man Sonny Landreth provides the most daring foil with his razor-sharp electric slide guitar on the Cajun "Les Flammes d'Enfer" and his national steel musings on "Ku 'u Ipo Onaona. " With country ("Move It On Over"), Western swing ("Steel Guitar Rag"), and pop-jazz ("Honeysuckle Rose") supplementing the Hawaiian repertoire, these pickers spawn a quiet reverie that evokes the mystery and wonder of both locales. --John Morthland .. You can see a complete list of all Ledward Kaapana discography, or go back to the Ledward Kaapana tabs