Aloha `Oe | Dawson Cowals

Coming soon to a couch near you! We’ve been booking some intimate home shows in the Portland area this summer and are looking for some more homes to invade. So if you would like to host an Acoustic Living Room Concert please let us know!
“Cowals’ tunes are full and captivating whether he is playing solo acoustic guitar or accompanied by a handful of other talented musicians. The multi-talented artist’s flute work and lackadaisical vocal octave jumps throughout certain songs also give these Biblical verse driven tunes a Dave Matthews feel.” —Kelly O’Neil

0 “Aloha `Oe” (Live at Keahou Bay)

I grew up in Kailua Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii back in the 1980s while my parents were missionaries with YWAM. Kona will always be home even when we live elsewhere and my wife and I recently had the chance to take a 2 week trip to visit Kona again after 5 years!

I’ve been starting to work on learning to play the ukulele and learning some Hawaiian songs so I’m still a bit of a novice on it. I had the chance to record this version of the beautiful song Aloha `Oe (Farewell to Thee) by Queen Lili`uokalani out by Keahou Bay on our last day in the Islands. As this song is a tender song of farewell it seemed appropriate. Hopefully we will return soon! Until we meet again… A hui hou aku!
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