This beautiful debut album sparkles with the aloha these two musicians have for their listeners, each other, and the islands and music of Hawai‘`i.  Close, pure vocal harmonies combine with scintillating slack-key guitar on traditional and modern Hawaiian songs, with a few hapa-haole numbers and original compositions added to the mix.

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“Beautiful harmonies and crackerjack slack key. We feel [Pulama's] passion and love for na mele o Hawai`i.” – Kaleo and Elise Ching (authors of Faces of Your Soul and Chi and Creativity)

“[Pulama's] warmth and love for Hawai‘i shines from within.” – Keoki Cortez (The Manaleo Hawaiian Cultural Foundation)

“A joy to listen to ...All [Pulama's] harmonies and arrangements are beautiful” – Kumu Hula Haumea Aynaga (Hula Halau Hiva Nui~Na Pua O Ka Honua)

Mahalo! Our deepest gratitude to all whose love, help, and encouragement made this recording possible… and to the haku mele and their ‘ohana who graciously gave us permission to record their songs.

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Jim Romano - slack key guitar and vocals; Paula Kauapālaukī Rudman - vocals

Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Derek Bianchi at MuscleTone Studios, Berkeley, California

Design and photography by Pili Moreno