Aloha kakou!
In today’s newsletter:

• Pakele Live! with Tony Solis – Stephen Inglis
• Willie K – Santa Cruz
• Mel Cabang – Waianae
• Kona Coffee Cultural Festival – Kona
• Uluwehi Guerrero, Raiatea Helm, Frank Kawaikapuokalani Hewett, the Lim Family – Waikiki
• Pakele Live! with Tony Solis (TV version) – Ledward Kaapana and Mike Kaawa

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This week’s guest on Pakele Live! with Tony Solis is slack key guitarist Stephen Inglis, with special guest Kenneth Makuakane.

Although he began playing piano at age 5, Stephen switched to guitar as a teenager. He played with a number of local bands, as well as with the Grateful Dead's Bill Kreutzmann. He lived in California’s Bay Area for a time, but ultimately returned home to Hawai’i, where he began studying with slack key master Ozzie Kotani. Under Ozzie's guidance, Stephen quickly gained recognition in Hawai'i as a strong talent in the traditional style, performing locally and nationally as a solo artist while also performing with Ozzie, Makana, and other Honolulu artists.

Now deeply rooted back in Hawai’i and the slack key tradition, Stephen's most recent album is “Mahina O Waialae" (2007). He is currently working on a live album, and plans to release another studio album in 2010. In the mean time, he has teamed with pianist Shawn Livingston Moseley on the slack key/piano duet album “S&S, Na Po Makole” (2008), was part of the 2009 Na Hoku Hanohano winning album “Hawaiian Slack key Kings Vol. 2,” and played acoustic and electric guitar on the latest album “The White Bathtub” by 12 time Na Hoku award winner Kenneth Makuakane. (Kenneth will be producing and playing on Stephen’s upcoming fourth album in 2010.)

Join host Tony Solis for Pakele Live! this Thursday, November 5, 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/

PLEASE NOTE!!! If you live outside Hawai’i and watch Pakele Live on the livestream, remember that Hawai’i does not participate in Daylight Saving – so the show will be on earlier for those who live on the mainland. For example, if you live in California the show will begin at 8 pm your time rather than 9 pm. (*Deafening cheers from regular viewers in New York, Chicago…*)

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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Last minute concert booking! Uncle Willie K returns to Santa Cruz with a performance at Kuumbwa Jazz Center (320-2 Cedar St) on Monday, Nov. 23 at 7pm (doors open at 6pm). Tickets are $20, and are available in advance at Aloha Island Grille (1700 Portola Dr, Santa Cruz, 831-479-3299). Get your tickets early – most of Willie’s recent CA appearances have sold out. (Note: this is such a new booking it hasn’t yet been posted to the Kuumbwa website. Mahalo nui to Kaukini Norm at KAPU for the heads’ up!)

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Comedian Mel Cabang will bring his “I GOING BROKE YOUR EAR" comedy show (with special guest Darren Benitez) to the Pilila’au Army Rec. Center (85-010 Army St, Waianae, O’ahu) on Saturday November 7 at 7pm. Tickets are $10.
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The 39th Annual Kona Coffee Cultural Festival takes place in Kona November 6-15. Click here for a schedule of events.




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Uluwehi Guerrero, Raiatea Helm, Frank Kawaikapuokalani Hewett, the Lim Family, and more will perform at “KA HULA 2009 in Hawai`i,” on November 15 in the Monarch Room at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel. The show starts at 5pm. Tickets are $95. Call (808) 258-5297 for info. (Kala mai - I’d provide more info, but the website is in Japanese and Google translator didn’t work!)

NOTE: This event was originally scheduled to take place at the Hawai’i Convention Center. My information is that it has been moved to the Monarch Room, but please call the number above to verify!)
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Ledward Kaapana and Mike Kaawa are the featured artists this week on the TV version of Pakele Live! with Tony Solis. The show began airing tonight on OC16 TV and will continue to air for one week at various times. You can watch all OC16 programming online.


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Pau for now – e malama pono a hui hou!