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Altar Native Revisted
May 1, 2015 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
$10 – $12
Award winning Slack Key, Folk Rocker, Millicent Cummings presents a timely musical odyssey entitled, ‘Altar Native', (Revisited). Several of the songs to be performed were presented by Hawai'i Public Radio in 2008, the live recording of which was a Hoku Award Nominee. She will also be performing many new songs written over the past 14 years for each of the eight Hawaiian Islands about the inspiring beauty of Hawai'i, as well as the tragic paradoxes that simultaneously exist.
Musically, this presentation is as diverse as the people who coexist here, dancing from one genre to another…Through the ruckus terrain of Rock and Roll, the peaceful shores of the tender ballad and even the playful satire of the Irish dirge…Each in their own unique, slack key tunings for both guitar and ukulele.
Cummings has chosen to give a solo concert this time, unaccompanied and genuine…A time when the Hawaiian people and supporters of indigenous rights are uniting for a more sustainable future. She is an Aloha Aina Warrior, having played benefit concerts, produced festivals, rallied and volunteered countless hours on Kaho'olawe, Kaua'i, O'ahu, Moloka'i and the Big Island in restoration and preservation projects. This dynamic, eco-feminist songwriter sings with Aloha-filled, positive messages to honor the Land and the Children of the Land at a furtive and important cross roads in Hawaiian history.
This One Night Only concert will be held in the theater at the Hawai'i Museum of Contemporary Art in downtown Hilo from 7 to 9 PM. Tickets are $10 for members and $12 for non-members at the door. For more information visit www.ehcc.org or www.millicentcummings.com We hope you join us!…Malama Pono and ALOHA!
“Millicent Cummings is one of the most exciting new voices to come from the Islands in years.
Her songs are profound and her vocals are fabulous” -Jerry Santos of Olomana
“Altar Native is one of the great all time artistic, spiritual and political expressions of Hawai'i Nei” -Evan Tector
“A diverse and inspired contemporary individual, unique to Hawaii and the world.” -Makana
“Awesome, Awesome” -Ledward Ka'apana