Aloha kakou!
In today’s newsletter:

• Pakele Live! with Tony Solis – Keale CD release party
• Andy Bumatai – San Francisco and San Jose
• Kawika Alfiche and Halau o Keikiali`i – San Francisco
• Hapa – Maui
• Talk Story Festival – Honolulu
• Mark Keali’i Ho’omalu & AHA – Hayward, CA
• Faith Ako – Felton, CA
• Willie K – Seattle
• Manoa Voices - Pakele Live! with Tony Solis (OC16TV)
• Wine Country ‘Ukulele Festival - St. Helena, CA

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This week on Pakele Live! with Tony Solis we’re hosting a CD release party for Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award winner and Grammy nominee Keale. Joining him will be Don Kaulia, LT Smooth, Danny Carvalho, Chris Lau, and Bill Griffin & Leslie Kline of the band Saloon Pilots.

A member of Hawai’i’s well-known and well-respected Keale family (his first cousin is Israel Kamakawiwo’ole – IZ – and his uncle was the legendary Moe Keale), Keale began his musical career relatively late in life. Immediately following the 2002 death of his beloved Uncle Moe, Keale had what some call a vision and others call supernatural: Uncle Moe came to him while he was sitting at Kailua Beach and said, “‘I love your music. I love your music.” Keale initially didn’t say anything about the encounter, because he thought to himself, “I don’t have any music. What do you mean, Uncle?” He said Uncle Moe repeated, “I love your music, no worry, I love your music,” and then added, “You are Keale.”

Keale credits that vision with his decision to begin playing music – and through his voice (it’s obvious he inherited the family musical genes) and the ‘ukulele and guitar, he is continuing in the footsteps of his uncle and is helping to uphold the Keale family name. A member of the award-winning band Kaukahi, (the band won four Na Hoku Hanohano Awards in 2007 for their debut album), and working with artists such as Hawai’i’s own Jack Johnson, Keale has also made a name for himself as a solo artist.

His debut solo CD Kahikina (“sunrise”) was released in 2007, and contains songs that express both who he is and what it means to him to be Hawaiian. His new album Kawelona (“shimmering of the setting sun”) continues in that vein, with 9 of the 16 songs in Hawaiian or part-Hawaiian, most of which come from chants he arranged to music. The album also contains two songs featuring keiki – one with the keiki of Ke Kula o Ni’ihau, and the other featuring his daughter Emma and Kaukahi bandmate Dean Wilhelm’s three daughters. (Emma and the Wilhelm girls might join him at Pakele!)

In addition to regular performances and tours with his Kaukahi band mates, Keale performs with other musicians and as a solo artist – in fact, he was invited to perform at President Obama’s inauguration.

Join host Tony Solis for Pakele Live! this Thursday, October 8, from 6-8 p.m. HST in the Pakele Lounge at the Ala Moana Hotel (410 Atkinson Dr., Honolulu). Although admission is free, your purchase of two drinks or soft drinks will help ensure the continuation of the Pakele Live! concert series. All ages are welcome, and free parking is available next door at Ala Moana Shopping Center.

You may also watch live online at: http://www.pakelelive.com/
Those in Japan can watch at: http://www.j-wave.co.jp/

You may email the show at pakele@lava.net – mention your name and where you’re located - city, state – or country, if outside the U.S.!
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I mentioned in the last newsletter that Hawai’i comedians Andy Bumatai, Paul Ogata and Cathy Tanaka will be appearing at the Punch Line Comedy Club in San Francisco next month. Tickets are now available online through LiveNation.

For those who planned to see Andy at Johnny Barcardi's 30 Plus Club in Union City: that venue is closing – Andy’s show has been moved to the Temple Lounge in San Jose (52 S. First St.) on November 14.

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Enjoy some live Hawaiian music with Kawika Alfiche and Halau o Keikiali`i - as well as some Bolivian/Latin music by Eddy, Quentin and Gabriel Navia – at Pena Pachamama Cultural Center in San Francisco (1630 Powell St, Union and Green) on October 11 at 7 pm. Tickets are $10. The restaurant features grass fed beef, free range chicken, organic veggies – wholesome delicious Bolivian/South American cuisine. (They also have some vegetarian and Living Food choices.)

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Hapa will be doing a free concert on Saturday, October 17 from 2:30pm - 3:30pm at the Princess Kaiulani Festival on Maui. The festival will be held at the Haleakala Waldorf School in Kula.

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The 21st annual Talk Story Festival takes place this Friday through Sunday at the McCoy Pavilion in Ala Moana Park. Admission is free. For details, go to the Honolulu Parks website.
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Kumu Hula Mark Keali’i Ho’omalu has announced the first U.S. performance of his Academy of Hawaiian Arts’ “Waikiki” production, scheduled for 8 pm on November 21 at Chabot College Performing Arts Center in Hayward, CA. AHAMele and the keiki dancers will be performing at the pre-show VIP reception, and Kumu Charles Kaʻupu will MC the show.

“Waikiki” marks the Academy’s fourth presentation of its original, modern interpretation of classical Hawaiian dance. This performance will focus on the celebrated location, Waikiki, from impressions of life in the area before Western contact through its “Golden Age” of surf boys, hotels and Hollywood starlets. Kumu Ho‘omalu and the Academy dancers took “Waikiki” to Japan in February 2009 for a ten-city tour.

Tickets for AHA’s performances always sell out, so buy yours early! Prices are
$40 general reserved and $125 VIP. Click here for tickets and info.
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Hawai’i Music Award winner Faith Ako will be in concert at Don Quixote’s Music Hall in Felton, CA (Santa Cruz area) on Wednesday October 14 at 7:30pm. The Island Breeze Band, featuring steel guitarist Patti Maxine plus Alan Souza, Bill Leff, Stan Meidinger, and Uncle Dave Ray will open. Tickets are $10.

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A reminder to those in the Seattle area – Willie K is this week’s guest at the free Hawai’i concert series happening at 5 pm every Saturday this month at the Triple Door’s Musicquarium.

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The new episode of Pakele Live! with Tony Solis on OC16 TV features the Manoa Voices. Tune into channel OC16 in Hawai’i, or watch the livestream. The show will air approximately 10 times over the next week – check listings for days/times.
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For those who are attending the Wine Country ‘Ukulele Festival in St. Helena, CA this weekend, they’ve just posted a schedule of which performers are performing on which stages. (As mentioned in a previous newsletter, performers include Steven Espaniola, Faith Ako, Kimo Hussey, Brittni Paiva, Kalei Gamiao, and more!)
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Pau for now - e malama pono a hui hou!