Tony Novak-Clifford/Courtesy of the artist
Hometown: Honolulu, Hawaii
Genre: Hawaiian Slack-Key Guitar
Why We’re Excited: Hawaiian musician and activist Makana has played huge stages, toured the world and popped up as an outspoken advocate for social justice. He’s also spent his life mastering the slack-key guitar, as heard in the soft shredding of “Napo’o Ka La” — translation: “The Setting Of The Sun” — a Makana original that shimmers like the ocean. It’s as deftly played and intricate as it is evocative, timeless and beautiful. (Watch him perform the tune in a Tiny Desk Contest submission from 2017.)
SXSW Schedule:
- March 17: CU29 (720 Brazos St.)
Source:: https://www.npr.org/2018/03/01/587973538/the-austin-100-makana?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=world