Joss Jaffe & Jim "Kimo" West (Hawaii)

Joss Jaffe and Jim “Kimo” West are celebrated musicians known for their innovative and diverse contributions to world, new age and Hawaiian music. Joss Jaffe is a vocalist, tabla player, and multi-instrumentalist blending modern pop, reggae, and world sounds with ambient and meditative music. A regular performer at transformational festivals and yoga conferences, Joss captivates global audiences with his cross-genre creativity. Jim “Kimo” West, a GRAMMY-winning slack-key guitarist, is one of the foremost practitioners of ki ho’alu, Hawaiian slack-key guitar. With over 85 million streams, he has received numerous awards. Kimo’s work preserves Hawaiian traditions while engaging audiences at prestigious slack-key festivals worldwide.

Featured Songs:

Partially inspired by the Balinese water purification ceremony, “Water Blessing," featured on Putumayo's Global Yoga, is a soothing instrumental track that opens with the relaxing tones of the hang drum, a metal percussion instrument invented in Switzerland about 25 years ago. Kimo’s gentle guitar lines enter, followed by the kanjira, a frame drum from India played with the fingers.

“Banana Flower Honey” unites Jaffe’s meditative sensibility with West’s ki ho’alu mastery in a track that feels like a warm breeze off the Pacific. West’s open tuning creates a resonant foundation as melodic lines bloom unhurriedly from the strings, while Jaffe weaves texture around the guitar’s natural voice. Laid-back and luminous, this previously unreleased gem showcased on Global Guitars, is built around a simple, beautiful melody that lingers long

after it ends.

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