In today’s newsletter:
- Pakele Live! with Tony Solis – Jon Osorio and Uluwehi Guerrero
- Final Aloha Friday Concerts at Gordon Biersch
- This Weekend in California - George and Keoki Kahumoku, Dennis and David Kamakahi, John Cruz, and HAPA
- Na Palapalai and Keli’i Kaneali’i – Maui
- Prince Kūhiō Celebrations – Live Stream of Ledward Kaapana/Mike Kaawa concert from Kaua’i
- Mike Keale – Waikiki
- Patrick Landeza CD Release Concerts – More Information
- Nā Hōkū O Hawai’i Festival Promotional Video
- John Keawe – Kahuku (O’ahu)
This week on Pakele Live! with Tony Solis marks the first appearance by Jon Osorio (6pm), and the return of Uluwehi Guerrero (7pm), in a bid to raise awareness, garner donations and publicize the fundraising concert being held on Saturday March 27 to aid Laua’e Beamer, a young mother who was diagnosed with breast cancer in January of this year, when she was eight months pregnant.
Jon Kamakawiwo’ole Osorio (with his musical partner Randy Borden) gained widespread popularity in the 1970s, during the cultural and political renaissance for Native Hawaiians. Their 1981 hit "Hawaiian Eyes" (the title track from their second album) won a Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award for song of the year. “Hawaiian Soul,” another song on the Hawaiian Eyes album, was one of the first songs written in honor of George Helm.Director of the University of Hawai'i-Manoa's Kamakakuokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies, Jon is a political activist and respected author, historian and speaker on such topics as indigenous rights, Native Hawaiian values, traditions and beliefs, the effects of political Westernization on Hawaiian identity, and 19th and 20th century law and politics in Hawai'i.
Uluwehi Guerrero - Kumu Hula, multiple Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award winner, and the most recent recipient of the Hawai’i Music Award in the Traditional Hawaiian category for his 3rd album Uluwehi Sings Na Mele Hula Aloha.
Uluwehi has won top honors at several falsetto competitions throughout the state of Hawai’i. He also teaches ’ukulele; has a large and talented Hawaiian choir; has judged many hula competitions in Hawai´i, the mainland, and Guam; has given popular hula workshops throughout Hawai´i, North America, the Pacific basin, and Japan; contributes his time and talents through concert performances to help numerous local organizations in their fund-raising efforts; is a choreographer and designer of hula attire; has performed for different halau at the annual Merrie Monarch Festival; and has lent his time and incredible musical and vocal arrangements to other recording artists, such as Keali´i Reichel and Lei´ohu Ryder of Maui.
Join Tony Solis for Pakele Live! on Thursday, March 25, from 6-8 p.m. HST in the Pakele Lounge at the Ala Moana Hotel (410 Atkinson Dr., Honolulu). There is no cover or minimum, although your purchase of two drinks or soft drinks helps ensure the continuation of the Pakele Live! concert series. (Note: Pakele Lounge has once again stopped serving food.) All ages are welcome, and free parking is available next door at Ala Moana Shopping Center.
You may also watch the show live online at: http://www.pakelelive.com/
(Please email the show at pakele@lava.net and let us know you’re watching! Mention your name and where you’re located - city, state – or country, if outside the U.S.!)
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This is the final week (March 26) for the Aloha Friday concerts at Gordon Biersch in CA! Here are the performers and locations:
San Francisco (2 Harrison St., 415-243-8246)
Mailani Makainai (6-8pm)
Palo Alto (640 Emerson St., 650-323-7723)
Brittni Paiva (6-8pm)
San Jose (33 E. San Fernando St., 408-294-6785)
Ka Ehu Kai (5-7pm) Raiatea Helm (7:30-9:30pm) Raiatea will be joined by a great group of musicians: Bryan Tolentino, Sonny Kalua and Kimo Artis!
(Note: instructions for those going to the San Jose show are identical to the ones for the shows where Chino Montero recently played with Keli’i Kaneali’i and Amy Hanaiali’i, only this time it’s Bryan Tolentino you should be nagging, er, asking - about when his second solo album will be out. :))
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CA peeps – lots of other great Hawaiian music coming your way over the next few days, too! In addition to the Gordon Biersch Aloha Friday concerts above, the Hawai’i Generations Tour with George and Keoki Kahumoku and Dennis and David Kamakahi will be at Yoshi’s in Oakland on Thursday (3/25), Kuumbwa Jazz Center in Santa Cruz on Friday, and Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts in Cerritos on Saturday; John Cruz will be at the Acoustic Barn in Newcastle on Saturday and Saint Rock in Hermosa Beach Sunday; and HAPA will be at Montalvo Center in Saratoga on Friday, Speckles Center in Rohnert Park Saturday, and Yoshi’s San Francisco on Sunday.
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Na Palapalai and Keli’i Kaneali’i are among those scheduled to perform on Maui Saturday at Ho'omau 2010, the annual day-long benefit for Punana Leo O Maui Hawaiian Language Immersion preschool. There will also be performances by other musicians and hālau; ono food; vendors; and activities and fun for the entire family. Tickets are $10, and are available online.
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Events continue during this week of celebrations commemorating the birth Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalaniana'ole Pi'ikoi, including a Friday (3/26) concert by Ledward Kaapana and Mike Kaawa at the Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa that will be streamed live at 8pm HST (11pm PST) and on demand after that. The lei draping ceremony on Prince Kūhiō’s statue at Kuhio Beach (O’ahu) will also take place on Friday, from 7-8am. Also on O’ahu all on Saturday (3/27): Arts & Crafts vendors at Kapiolani Park (11am to 8pm), a parade at 4 pm, and a Moonlight Concert from 6 to 9pm in Kapiolani Park.
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Mike Keale recently moved back home to O’ahu, and has been playing a few concerts around town. You can catch him Monday, March 29 at the Moana Terrace in the Waikiki Marriott, 6-9pm.
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In the last newsletter I mentioned Patrick Landeza’s series of concerts celebrating the release of his new CD, taking place next month in Sacramento, Berkeley and Felton (with Herb Ohta, Jr. as the special guest). I’ve since received word that Asa Young, Jeff Au Hoy and Bobby Santos will join them for all three concerts, not just the Berkeley CD Release party!
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The folks at Nā Hōkū O Hawai’i Festival just released a beautiful promotional video composed by Kealoha, and featuring Keali’i Reichel, Kaumakaiwa Kanaka`ole, Anuhea, Mailani, Natalie Ai Kamauu, Amy Hanaiali’i, Jake Shimabukuro, Henry Kapono, Kealoha and John Cruz. Background music is by Kenneth Makuakane.
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O'ahu peeps, MARK YOUR CALENDARS for Tuesday, April 27 at 6:30pm! There will be a FREE slack key concert by Nā Hōkū Hanohano & Grammy® Award winner John Keawe at the Kahuku Public Library (on the Kahuku High School campus). Call (808) 293-8935 or register in person. (Registration is not mandatory – the library would just like to know how many to expect. As of yesterday, I was the ONLY one registered.) John, who lives on the Big Island, doesn't play on O’ahu very often – so don’t miss this chance to see him in concert for free!
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Pau for now – e malama pono a hui hou!
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