Nice show ender or listening in rush hour traffic.
Dmae Roberts does a good job capturing the essence and the beauty of the Hawaiian slack key guitar.
She scores some of the island's best musicians for this piece and that only made me want to hear more of the guitar.
Let me say that she does a good job balancing between her explainations, the interviews and the music but for a music piece, I always want to hear more tunes.
One other point, several longtime slack key guitarists were mentioned in an actuality, but many listeners may need an added reference to who these musicians are.
Still, this is a lovely piece and Dmae's read is beautiful and melodious. A perfect match for this story.
Review of Crossing East: Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar
Traci Tong
Posted on October 05, 2006 at 06:49 PM
Nice show ender or listening in rush hour traffic.
Dmae Roberts does a good job capturing the essence and the beauty of the Hawaiian slack key guitar.
She scores some of the island's best musicians for this piece and that only made me want to hear more of the guitar.
Let me say that she does a good job balancing between her explainations, the interviews and the music but for a music piece, I always want to hear more tunes.
One other point, several longtime slack key guitarists were mentioned in an actuality, but many listeners may need an added reference to who these musicians are.
Still, this is a lovely piece and Dmae's read is beautiful and melodious. A perfect match for this story.