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Formed by twin brothers, Ledward and Nedward Ka'apana (born: 1950), and their Portuguese-Hawaiian cousin, Dennis Pavao (born: 1952), Hui 'Ohana ("group of the family") was one of Hawaii's leading bands. Accompanying high falsetto harmonies with melodic slack-key guitar picking, the trio took their music from the rural Hawaiian village of Kalapana to the world. .

There are at least four bands that go by the name Ohana. 1) Ohana were an Australian DIY minimalist/post-hardcore/screamo band. As of December 2008 they are on indefinite hiatus. 2) Ohana is a three-piece J-reggae-pop band. 3) Ohana is an American rock band. 4) Cumbia band from Uruguay. .

Nizar Rohana is a prominent Oud player in the Palestinian musical scene. Rohana was born in the village of ‘Esefya on Mount Carmel in 1975. He began his musical education at an early age and playing the Oud by the age of fifteen, and in 1996 he moved to Jerusalem to take up academic studies. Focusing his research on the music of the great Egyptian composer Mohammad el-Qasabji, Rohana completed his Masters degree in Musicology 2006. Together with an intensive activity on the local musical scene, during the last ten years Rohana has been performing in many countries around the...