I’m in a very relaxed mood after a good meal.. and now listening to my ever-expanding collection of slack-key (ki ho’alu) guitar music.

My latest aquisition is by Ledward Ka’apana. How I aquired it is another story. But it’s a nice CD, all instrumental, with a couple of interesting ’70’s-era standards thrown in for good measure – “Killing Me Softly” and “Love is Blue.” Both songs suffer from massive overplay – they were huge hits in their day, and have spent much of the last 2 decades in Muzak Hell. Ledward rescues them in his beautiful and sensitive arrangements. Strangely, it’s not on Amazon.

Maybe we acquired it somewhat in advance…? More on that later.

iTunes: Ledward Kaapana: Slack Key Lullaby: Kiho’alu [7:46]