KeAloha: Vocals, Ukulele, Guitar, Composer
Skye Perez Horsland: Producer, Engineer

1. 2lips
2. Mask
3. Sure As The Wind
4. Rising

KEALOHA

SINGER | SONGWRITER | MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST | DANCER

{ kay – ah – loh – hah }

KeAloha is an interdisciplinary artist who intertwines her gifts of song, dance, words, and rhythm. She was born and raised in Prince George, where her Lheidli T’enneh ancestry hails, and moved to the ancestral homelands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations (so-called Vancouver) in 2015.

KeAloha is a mixed race femme, whose blood carries legacies of Polynesian navigators and dancers, Lheidli trappers and medicine people, Irish farmer-settlers, and Chinese immigrants. Her music is a vessel for her to build relationships and understanding with the many identities she holds.

KeAloha is releasing her debut single this spring – entitled: Mama’s Hands, in celebration and love for the one who raised her. Mama’s Hands is part of a larger body of work which KeAloha will release over the coming seasons, and which centre her experiences as a femme of colour, discovering her ancestral stories, and re-envisioning life with chronic illness disability. 5 years ago her chronic illness developed overwhelmingly, and she felt like a bird being asked to learn a life on the ground. KeAloha’s music has helped her to rebuild herself through deep compassion.

KeAloha is committed to shaping her career and community through reciprocity for the people and music-cultures who inspire her, including the chants, mele, and rhythms from her own Hawaiian and Tahitian roots; Black genres of RnB, Hip Hop, Soul, and Jazz; salsa Cubana; cumbia Colombiana; and Afro-Indo Caribbean soca.

KeAloha is a contestant in CBC Searchlight 2021, where over 2400 artists are being considered for national recognition and opportunities. You can vote for KeAloha via CBC Searchlight starting May 11th.

KeAloha is a usual suspect in Vancouver’s RnB, Latinx, jazz, fusion, Hip Hop, Neo-Soul, Folk, and Pop scenes; including performances with original projects: Sweetz, Breaking Boundaries, Cumbia Galera, and Primary Trio at The Orpheum, The Wisehall, Museum of Anthropology, Guilt & Co, Deer Lake Gallery, Khatsalano St. Fest, The Railway, Indigifest (Victoria), Glitterball Fest, Experimental Waves, and beyond.

Through her music, KeAloha invites us into the moments of liberation that we find when we hold ourselves, eachother, and our complex intersections with tenderness, solidarity, and pride.