Born and raised in Hawai'i and
transplanted to the Washington, D.C., area to pursue careers, the Aloha
Boys, Glen Hirabayashi, Isaac Ho'opi'i and Irv Queja -
met in 1996 while playing music for their children at Halau
O 'Aulani, a school of Hawai'ian culture, in the Washington, D.C.,
area. A special and exciting bond grew musically among the Aloha Boys,
who love to kanikapila or play an acoustic down-home, backyard-style
Hawai'ian music a style which includes everything from the very
traditional to contemporary songs and styles. They all sing lead and
backing vocals. Their voices blend in a nahenahe (soft pleasant)
style. They have performed at numerous functions from backyard parties to concerts and at many venues including on the National Mall at the openings of the World War II Memorial and the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, the Kennedy Center Millenium Stage, and in Rheims, France, Toronto, Canada, New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Charlotte, Southern California and Hawai'i. The music of the Aloha Boys brings them and
their audience back to a lifestyle that is unique and precious to
Hawai'i.
