/24-7PressRelease/ - March 24, 2007 - Kanekoa formed in a Coffee House on Maui 10 years ago when Reno's own Kaulana Kanekoa and Travis Rice hooked up with, then 11 year old, ukulele ace, Vince Esquire. Kaulana's soulful vocals complemented Vince's, lightning fast electric ukelele playing, as Travis kept it all together laying down the drum and percussion beats. Soon after, Percussionest Brett Nelson and bass master, Shawn Michael joined up to round out this unique, 5 piece band.
10 years later, Kanekoa are a polished live act. They have played from Maui, to San Diego, Los Angeles, and will return to Reno in May.
Kanekoa's new record, "Under The Coconut Sky", is available on iTunes. Kaulana Kanekoa and Vince Esquire's version of "Somewhere Over The Rainbow", has been an international hit on iTunes for the last 18 months. "Somewhere" has topped the Folk Charts in the US, Canada, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand.
Peter Farrelly, (Director/Producer of "Something About Mary", "Dumb and Dumber", "Kingpin", "Shallow Hal", "Fever Pitch", etc.) saw Kanekoa in LA, and is now one of their biggest fans. His comment, "Kanekoa is the best band I have seen live in 15 years." Farrelly has since casted, and filmed the band, and they, and 3 songs from "Under The Coconut Sky", will be featured in the Farrelly Brothers next feature, "The Heartbreak Kid", starring Ben Stiller, coming out October 4th, on Dreamworks/Paramount.
Kanekoa, and 8 of their original songs, will also be featured in the feature film, "Major Hana", the directorial debut from Sony/AFI award winner, Jonathan Block. "Major Hana" is also slated for an October 07 release.
Kanekoa will play The Green Room, Friday, May 4, and The Great Basin, Saturday, May 5.
http://www.kanekoa.com
http://www.myspace.com/kanekoa
http://www.vinceesquire.com
http://www.myspace.com/majorhanarecords
http://www.myspace.com/majorhanathemovie
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