Artown Midtown Series: Kanekoa

Artown Midtown Series: Kanekoa

One of Hawai‘i's premier live music experiences, Kanekoa fuses eclectic roots with flavors of reggae, blues, funk, jazz, Hawaiian, and island music with jamband energy . Pushing the envelope of this joyful 4-string instrument of Hawai‘i are soulful singer Kaulana Kanekoa on rhythm uke, ‘ukulele phenom Vince Esquire, and Don Lopez, master of the U-Bass -- joined by Travis Rice on cajon to round out their unique sound. Kaulana and Travis celebrate their ties to Reno as proud graduates of Earl Wooster H.S. “The Hawaiian Grateful Dead” —Bill Kreutzmann, The Grateful Dead “These guys scare me, they are that good” —David Hidalgo, Los Lobos “The band is amazing” —Mick Fleetwood, Fleetwood Mac