Anela Lauren

Anela Lauren is a well-known harpist on the island of Kaua'i. A
classically trained pianist from the age of four, she branched out
into jazz in college and took up the harp in 1993. After training in
Washington, D.C. and Moloka'i, HI, Anela began to play professionally
in 2001.

She plays regularly at weddings and island events and has been a
weekly performer at Caffe Coco, the Hukilau Lanai and the Storybook
Theatre. Anela has played onstage with slack-key virtuosos Makana,
Stephen Inglis and Cindy Combs, and took the stage with folk great
Michael Franti for New Year's 2006.


In 2007, she performed at Hawaii Public Radio's Atherton Theatre with
Millicent Cummings as well as at the Kaua'i Healing Garden Festival
and the International Goddess Dance Festival.


Cindy Combs (tracks 1, 6, and 11) is a world-class slack-key guitar
master from the island of Kaua'i. She appears regularly at the
Hanapepe Café and the Hawai'i Slack Key Guitar Festival. Her latest
recording, Sunny Rain, was co-produced by George Winston on the
Dancing Cat label and released in August 2007.


Joe Lohmeier (tracks 2, 4, 8 and 10) began to play the cello with the
Hawai'i Youth Symphony from 1979 to 1981, then with the UH Chamber
Orchestra and UH Symphony from 1982-1986. Currently, he is a studio
musician and performer in such various genres as jazz, Hawaiian, folk
and rock.