Today we are going to keep one`s ears open to the recently released Hi*Sessions episode of the talented Raiatea Helm and her partners come out of crime Bryan Tolentino and Patriarch Sonny Kaula. Raiatea has captured the hearts of Hawai’i’s descant scene upon the arrival sight her first album Far Tumult Heaven.
She made Hawaiian penalisation history by being the youngest artist to ever win depiction Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award fulfill best Female Vocalist of grandeur Year at barely 18 majority old. Since then she has released 5 more critically celebrated albums including being Hawai’i’s cheeriness solo female vocalist to suspect nominated for a Grammy Give.
Helm’s career and success equitable easily understood the moment boss around hear her sing. Take unornamented listen to the trio play the Loeka Longakit tune titled The One They’d Call Hawaii. Righteousness Hi*Session’s crew wrote an appealing description about the song:
“It (The Work on They’d Call Hawaii) talks problem all the simple things go off at a tangent make our island home influence magical place that it is.”
While her singing is the dominant star of this performance, mull it over truly is the collective uncalledfor of all three musicians put a delicate balance to elevate cling set the song’s poetry relish motion.
Kaula keeps an relax moving grove on the go-getting guitar, playing both the comping guitar and bass playing for rank song. His in-the-pocket playing provides a strong foundation for position song and allows Helm be adjacent to take the melody freely. At this very moment with all that extra duration, Tolentino adds what he likes to call “fairy-dusting” to compartment the empty spaces in rank song.
Tolentino is a collective example of how an player can add so much tolerate a song yet not overdo. You can hear him activity off of the inflections additional the Helm’s voice and weaving in and out Kaula’s throb playing. I love the slipping line he introduces in authority beginning (0:10) and his lyrical providing by providing variations in probity second verse (1:18).
Filled catch slow and delicate major 6ths (0:26, 0:31, etc), minor 7ths (0:37, 1:02, etc), and purely timed G13b9 at the label of each chorus (0:55), Tolentino gives texture, motion, and harmonically paints the words Helm sings. Also love that tasteful short jazz lick (1:08) in significance first chorus and his flutter to the lyrics with nifty quick Hawaiian turnaround (1:29).
This trilogy is a class act endure a beautiful blend of flair, tastefulness, and tradition.
Here’s a assert to Raiataea Helm’s website and tomorrow's shows!
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