E hoʻolohe · listen now
Her recordings — in one playlist.
Ka Manu. Kaʻahumanu. Paniolo Slack-Key. Waipiʻo Pakaʻalana. The four old-style slack-key tracks from her 1974 LP, plus tributes from Jeff Peterson, Keola Beamer, and others who learned from her.
Ka hoʻolaha · where to find her
Add her music to your service of choice.
Not every streaming service has her 1974 LP yet. Here is where she lives today — and which services are still waiting on a reissue.
YouTube
AvailableCommunity-curated playlist of her recordings
Deezer
AvailableArtist page
AllMusic
AvailableDiscography
Discogs
AvailableFull release history
Spotify
Not yetThe 1974 Hula Records LP has not been reissued to Spotify as of this writing. Hula Records is the licensing rights holder.
Apple Music
Not yetNot yet available. Licensing via Hula Records.
If you represent Hula Records or Aunty Alice's ʻohana and would like to see her music on more services, please reach out — Palani would be glad to help make that happen.
Nā haku mele · what she wrote
Her compositions — what we know.
She wrote close to two hundred mele over her lifetime. A complete list has never been centrally published. This is what we have been able to verify across Kaʻiwakīloumoku, Huapala, the 1974 Hula Records liner notes, and the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame.
ʻIʻiwi aʻo Hilo
1950Composed for the 1950 Kamehameha Day Parade. Her own nickname, and her most-cited mele.
Ka Manu
TraditionalLearned in childhood from a Kohala kupuna.
Kaʻahumanu
1973Honors Queen Kaʻahumanu.
Paniolo Slack-Key
Instrumental, in the old Hāmākua style.
Waipiʻo Pakaʻalana
For the sacred puʻuhonua of Pakaʻalana.
Waimea Kuʻu One Hānau
“Waimea, my birth sands.”
Kuahiwi Nani / Haleakalā Hula
1941Aia i Hilo ka Ua Kani Lehua
1956Hanohano Nō ʻo Hawaiʻi
1958For Hawaiʻi Island and Mauna Kea.
Aloha Koʻolau
1959Inspired by a drive over the Nuʻuanu Pali.
Lei Hala o Kauaʻi
1959Composed during her residency on Kauaʻi.
Polynesian Welcome
1967Mahina Kau Ahiahi
“Evening Moon.”
Nā hoʻomakaʻika · for players
Tune your guitar the way she did.
From the 6th string (lowest) to the 1st string (highest), drop into her signature tuning:
D – G – D – F♯ – B – D
Also called Auntie Alice Nāmakelua’s G Tuning, Double Slack, or F♯ Tuning.
Learn her Ka Manu
Jeff Peterson plays Ka Manu note-for-note in Aunty Alice's tuning — a tribute reading that has become the reference recording for players learning the piece. Watch his hands, then work through his full lesson and tablature.
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