Aloha Nō

Aia kēia mele i ka puke Lena Machado: Songbird of Hawaiʻi ma ka ʻaoʻao 21.

“…Aunty Lena composed ʻAloha Nō’ for her husband Luciano K. Machado in late 1949 while she was on a singing engagement in San Francisco. She wrote about being alone with her thoughts and how she missed Uncle Lu dearly. She wrote about talking with him over the phone and how this would help her to be more relaxed because she could not sleep well without him close to her…Whenever she heard his voice on the phone, his loving words would make her feel better. Sh said that this was true love; it was ʻAloha Nō’–ʻlove, love it is, a love.’” (Lena Machado: Songbird of Hawaiʻi, pg. 20)