THAT'S THE HAWAIIAN IN ME
Darlene Ahuna

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 like Henry Waiau's "Kaua`i Beauty."  Lena Machado's "Mai Lohilohi Mai `Oe" and Mary Kawena Pukui and Irmgard Aluli's "Ka Lei O Punahou."  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-Bulletin said "... the beauty of Ahuna's voice makes this one of the great Hawaiian albums of the past year."

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