Darlene Ahuna demonstrates her versatility in the title track, a swing version of the 1930's hapa-haole favorite, and in her delivery of traditional standards. Equally at ease with the music of contemporary Hawaiian Composers, she gives us a fresh interpretation of Tony Conjugation's "Ka Pili Oha" and debuts "Lei Hiwahiwa I Ke Anu" by Big Island hula authority Johnny Lum Ho. In his "Island Mele" column, John Berger of the Honolulu Star-
Album Titles:
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- That's the Hawaiian in Me
- Ka Pili Oha
- Mai Lohilohi Mai 'Oe
- Mino'aka
- Ku'u Sweetie
- Holoholo Ka'a
- Kaua'i Beauty
- Ka Lei O Punahou
- Meleana E
- Lei Hiwahiwa I Ke Anu
- He Aloha No 'O Honolulu
- Could I Have This Dance?
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