Kaua I Ka Huahua'i

\"Kaua I Ka Huahuaʻi\" is a track by Indian slide guitarist and composer Debashish Bhattacharya. The piece appears as the eleventh track on the album Hawaii To Calcutta: A Tribute To Tau Moe, released on 2017 under the label Riverboat Records. The album adopts a CD format and explores cross-cultural connections between Hawaiian slack-key guitar traditions and Indian classical music.

The track runs for 2 minutes and 32 seconds. Bhattacharya performs the composition on his custom-made lap slide guitars, blending raga-inspired phrasing with elements of Hawaiian slack-key tuning. The album pays homage to Tau Moe, a Hawaiian musician of the early 20th century who toured India and influenced local guitar techniques. Specific recording details, session musicians, or production credits for this track remain undocumented in available sources.

Hawaii To Calcutta: A Tribute To Tau Moe features collaborations with other artists, though the exact lineup for \"Kaua I Ka Huahuaʻi\" is not explicitly confirmed. The album’s thematic focus centers on the historical exchange between Hawaiian and Indian musical traditions, with Bhattacharya’s arrangements emphasizing improvisational dialogue between the two styles. No commercial singles or music videos were released for this track.