acoustic bass Alden Levi
acoustic guitar Alden Levi
acoustic guitar Ben Taaca
acoustic guitar Kenneth Makuakane
backing vocals Abra Kaulana Cristomo
tracks 15 chanter Randol Ngum
co-producer Alden Levi
design Hirasaki Nakagawa
engineer Alden Levi
lap steel guitar Casey Olsen
tracks 14 lead vocals Abra Kaulana Cristomo
liner notes Coline Aiu
liner notes Lee Mann
liner notes Rita Ariyoshi
liner notes Vergel Jepas
mastered by Kit Ebersbach
tracks 7 piano Margaret Aipoalani
producer Vergel Jepas
twelve-string guitar Kenneth Makuakane
ukulele Alden Levi
ukulele Kenneth Makuakane
tracks 7 vocals Kalau Cristomo
tracks 7 vocals Kalei Tau
tracks 7 vocals Kawai Cristomo
tracks 7 vocals Kawai Tau
tracks 7 vocals Ku'ulei Akiyoshi
tracks 7 vocals La'amea Paleka
vocals Lee Puakeala Mann
tracks 7 vocals Maiki Flazer
tracks 7 vocals Meali'i Bautista
tracks 7 vocals Rachel Coen
tracks 7 vocals Sarah Levi
vocals Tazhi Pu'uhonua Tavares
vocals Vergel Jepas
Sarah Ka'ilikea, considered to be a treasure of the Hawaiian island of Kaua'u, was a songwriter who was 89 years old when this album was put together in honor of her and her music. She sings and chants but also offers a story for some of the songs on the album, before the songs are performed by family and friends. The vocals are credited as being performed by Aunti Sarah's Musicians, who are Vergel Jepas, Tazhi Pu'uhonus Tavares, Abra Kaulala Crisostomo, and Lee Puakeala Mann, backed by a group of musicians, some of them well known, including Kenneth Makuakane and Casey Olson. Banyan Tree's mixture of music and dialogue comes off like an audio documentary of her life and living on Kaua'i.
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