becoming

KeAloha weaves survivor dreams into vibrant heartsongs, honouring their Hawaiian, Tahitian, and Lheidli T’enneh roots through music and dance. Their sound — an Indigi-Soul fusion of radical tenderness and strength — echoes where Keali’i Reichel meets India Arie, and Hiatus Kaiyote meets Labrinth.

A baby in a basket with their Mama, Nani Browne, at community offerings of Hula; the warm tones of ukulele strings, powerful oli - chant, and the beat of the ipu and to’ere have been a soundtrack to KeAloha’s life since day one. At twelve, Nani surprised KeAloha with drumset lessons; at 22 KeAloha made it out of Jazz School with a B. Mus, and lotta dreams for liberation in the music scene and beyond.

As a disabled MultiSpirit and Māhū artist, KeAloha channels ohana medicine into their work. How can we uplift our most vulnerable, and reimagine community through creative resistance and solidarity? How are we as Indigenous artists, stewards of the industry? KeAloha’s music and project is a call for intifada, globally.

Their debut single, “Mama’s Hands” (2021), reached the CBC Searchlight Top 100, while “Mahina”, their third single, rose to #13 on the Indigenous Music Countdown.

On 11/11/2025, KeAloha independently released their 8-track debut album “MY BOOK OF PRAYERS”. Gaining praise for raw and moving lyricism, political potency, and rich instrumental and vocal weaving; KeAloha moves with power and intention.

KEALOHA opens portals that traverse hope & lament, heartbreak & remedy. A Two-Spirit and Māhū person, a chronically ill time-bender and shapeshifter, MUSIC is Kealoha’s commitment to collective liberation. 

lineage:

Lheidli T’enneh Nation | Kanaka Maoli | Tahitian | Chinese | Irish

I am a Great-Great-Grandchild of Granny Seymour, “Matriarch of the North” of Lheidli T’enneh Nation; medicine woman, trapper, crafter, and knowledge keeper. I am a Great Grandchild of Captain Owen Browne, and Grandchild of Earl Browne - who passed the traditions of Hawaiian and Tahitian dances down to my Mama, Nani Browne, who in turn taught my siblings and I. Our Mama's Mom was Lorraine Grove, descended from Irish-English farmer-settlers. I am paternally descended from, and a survivor of, Chinese immigrants.

I belong to Lheidli T’enneh Dakelh Nation; I am committed to these homelands and waters - I grew up urbanely, in our Keyoh.

I am devoted to xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations - these Northern Coast Salish homelands have nurtured me 18-30.

I am Kanaka Mamao - Native Hawaiiandiaspora; I wonder what it was like for my ancestors to navigate by stars from the South Pacific to Salish coastlines. I pray for more time with my ohana doing 'aina work.

I am Tahitian - in this I feel the interconnectedness of Māhū travellers, original community bridge makers

I am Chinese - a survivor of my Chinese father and his family

I am Irish and English - I think of holding my sweet, precious, and strong Gramma Grove.

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Through music, dance, and storytelling;

I amplify the wisdom of disabled, queer, Indigenous, Two-Spirit, and Māhū identities.

lands

I grew up in the urban centre of so-called "Prince George, BC" in our unceded Lheidli keyoh.

When I was 18 I moved to the unsurrendered ancestral homelands of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations ("Vancouver, BC").