Performance · Production
Ledward Kaapana
Hawaii • b. 1948-08-25
Ledward Kaapana is credited on 61 releases across 34 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1972–2012 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
61
Pressings credited
34
Albums
5
Decades active
8
In collections
Biography
Ledward Kaapana (born August 25, 1948) is a Hawaiian musician, best known for playing in the slack key guitar style. He also plays steel guitar, ukulele, autoharp, and bass guitar, and is a baritone and falsetto vocalist. In 2011, he received a National Heritage Fellowship, the United States government's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts. He received Na Hoku Hanohano Awards from the Hawai'i Academy of Recording Arts (HARA), and has been nominated for Grammy Awards. In 2024, Kaapana was inducted into the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
61 releases · 34 albums · active 1972–2012
- Performance · 84
- Production · 14
- Other credits · 5
- Engineering · 1
Studios: Sounds Of Hawaii · Kohala Digital Recording Studio · The New Studio Hawai'i, Iwilei, Honolulu · Systems Exclusive Recording, Honolulu
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Hui Ohana
- Dennis Pavao
- Led Kaapana & Friends
- Na Leo Kani O Punahele
- Tina Kaapana
- Ledward Kaapana And I Kona
- Ledward Ka'apana And Ikona
- Ledward Kaapana And The New Ikona
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