SAA 10: Arts Encounters: Exploring Arts Literacy in the Twenty-First Century
Nanea Kou Maka I Ka Le'ale'a
from Ray Kane, Punahele, Solo Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar (Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Masters Series, Dancing Cat Records 38001-2)
Is this popular tribute to sensual love a piece of high art because it involves a lot of virtuosity and a complex arrangement? Is its original function as cowboy music sullied by the use of microphones to boost the volume (especially in the bass). What arguments are there that this is folk music?