These are my Hawaiian music links for October 29th through October 30th:
Posted in Misc..
Tagged with amykstillman, genoakeawe, hara, hawaiianmusic, hula, nahenahe, nahokuhanohano.
By keola
– October 30, 2007
These are my Hawaiian music links for October 27th through October 28th:
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Tagged with bobbyingano, hawaiianlanguage, hawaiianmusic, nahenahe, olelo.
By keola
– October 28, 2007
This is a reminder to all HARA members about the HARA annual membership meeting, will be a great opportunity to meet the newly elected board members, as well as participating in HARA’s annual meeting. It will be at Willows Restaurant, 901 Hausten Street from11:00 a.m. to 2 p.m. on November 12, 2007. Cost: $26.00 per person (inclusive of tax and gratuity)
The board of governers invite you to join us at this meeting and installation of new board members and partaking in the renown Willows buffet. Please call Bryson at the HARA office to reserve your place. I’ll be there!
Posted in Na Hoku Hanohano.
By keola
– October 27, 2007
These are my Hawaiian music links for October 26th:
Posted in Misc..
Tagged with barefootnatives, Hapa, hawaiianmusic, islandmele, islandsounds, johnberger, nahenahe.
By keola
– October 26, 2007
I’ve been chatting with some friends off-line, and we’ve come to the conclusion that it is extremely screwed up. Example: Two years ago Keola Beamer released “Our Beloved Land” with Native American flutist Carlos Nakai. The music was heavily traditional Hawaiian songs and originals with distinctly Hawaiian melodies, with Carlos’ flute playing a supportive role and provide a mood. Not to trivialize Carlos’ contribution, but it was a Hawaiian album. The anonymous Academy committee that vets the entries moved it into the ” Best Contemporary World Music Album” category without consulting Keola or his label. Last year he released “Ka Hikina O Ka Hau”, which features mostly classical compositions, albeit using slack key tunings. It’s in the Hawaiian category when it should be in Classical. Keola himself pointed this out to me. There are a couple of very questionable entries on this year’s ballot as well, as there have been in years past.
As far as the Hawaiian category goes, the Recording Academy has has no credibility in the local music community, and will not until we get people on the selection committee that know what they are doing. The Academy refuses to say who is on the committee, or even confirm to us whether or not anyone from Hawai’i is actually on the committee. There needs to be credibility and accountability and there is not. Let’s not even get into the fact that not a single performer has won a Hawaiian Grammy for his, her or their musical peformance, and odds are this will happen again next spring. This is nonsense. I’d like to use stronger language but prefer to keep this blog in the “PG” rating whenever possible.
Posted in Grammy News.
By keola
– October 26, 2007
These are my Hawaiian music links for October 26th:
Posted in Misc..
Tagged with Hapa, hawaiianmusic, islandmele, johnberger, nahenahe.
By keola
– October 26, 2007
These are my Hawaiian music links for October 25th:
Posted in Misc..
Tagged with hawaiianmusic, hokuzuttermeister, makahasons, nahenahe.
By keola
– October 25, 2007
Mahalo to Pali Ka‘aihue for pointing two other Hawai‘i releases found in the “Pop” category on the Grammy Preliminary ballot.
- Caz Christmas: Brothers Caz
- LT Smooth: Freedom
Posted in Grammy News.
By keola
– October 24, 2007
These are my Hawaiian music links for October 24th:
Posted in Misc..
Tagged with 'Ale'a, hawaiianmusic, mightyj, nahenahe.
By keola
– October 24, 2007
These are my Hawaiian music links for October 23rd:
Posted in Misc..
Tagged with beamer, hawaii, hawaiian, hawaiianmusic, hawaiimusicawards, music, puolo.
By keola
– October 23, 2007
Last fall and spring I collaborated with my dear friend and colleague Kainani Kahaunaele on a series of podcasts intended to assist beginning students of the Hawaiian language using the Nā Kai ‘Ewalu textbook. It took a little longer than we planned, but the podcasts are now online.
Please keep in mind that these podcasts are intended to be used in conjunction with the Nā Kai ‘Ewalu textbook, whether you are learning in the classroom setting, in an online class or learning by yourself at home. There is a link on the podcast page if you need to order the text. While you may find it interesting to listen to even if you are not actively learning the language, students will benefit most if they work through each chapter of Nā Kai ‘Ewalu, have the lessons fresh in your mind, and then listen to the podcast(s) for each mokuna. Be sure to speak when you are told to do so – it is very important! We’re putting the sound of the language in your ears in order to help you get it coming out of your mouth!
Mahalo to Chancellor Rose Tseng at UH-Hilo, the UH-Foundation and the Straube Foundation who provided the funds for developing these podcasts, as well as Kainani for her wonderful work on the project.
Posted in E Ola Ka 'Olelo Hawai'i.
By keola
– October 22, 2007
Voting members of the Recording Academy should be receiving their nominating ballot for the 50th GRAMMY Awards soon, within one week following the mailing date of Wednesday, October 17, 2007. Please ensure that your ballot reaches the offices of Deloitte & Touche in Los Angeles by the deadline of Wednesday, November 07, 2007. Final Nominations will be announced at the Academy’s December 6th Nominations Press Conference.
If you do not receive your ballot within one week of our mailing date, please contact the GRAMMY offices via e-mail at ballot(at)grammy.com or by phone (310) 392-0439.
Update: I just received mine. Here is the list of 48 entries in the Hawaiian Category. There are some other Hawai‘i acts on the ballot in other categories:
Contemporary Folk/Americana: John Cruz (One of These Days), Peter Apo and the Rainbow Band (My Back Pages The Folk Years) are in the category.
Traditional Pop: Matt Catingub Orchestra Of Hawaii & Various Artists (Return To Romance). You got my vote, Matt.
If anyone knows of other Hawai‘i artists in other categories please drop me a note. I’ll go through the others a bit later.
Posted in Grammy News.
By keola
– October 22, 2007
I just got a distressing email from Chad Takatsugi from ‘Ale‘a. Like several other professional musicians in recent years, he had the tool of his trade stolen from him by some scumbag (click here to see a picture of the guitar). If anyone has any knowledge of the whereabouts of the guitar or the perpetrator, please email me using the contact form in the left hand column and I will put you in touch with Chad, or call Crimestoppers Honolulu. The guitar and case are unique and easily identifiable. Here’s Chad’s email.
Aloha nui my friends,
I have been witness to the power of our community and know that when we work together, we can accomplish amazing things…
On Saturday, October 20, at approximately 9:30pm, I parked my car in front of my girlfriend’s house in Nu`uanu. We went to bed at around midnight and when I awoke at 10am, I went down to my car and noticed that my back window had been smashed in. Upon further inspection, I noticed that amongst the broken glass, only one thing was missing…my guitar. We have spoken to several of the neighbors in the surrounding area and after some investigation, have narrowed the time of the break-in to between the hours of 2am and 3:30am. I am humbly asking for everyone’s kokua in keeping an eye out for my guitar and should you come across any information to please contact me immediately as I am working with the detective assigned from HPD.
The guitar and its case are easily identifiable. The case is a forest green soft gigbag that has a single patch of the cartoon character “Underdog” centered on the front of the case. The guitar itself is a custom Morgan guitar. It is a six-string concert body guitar with a koa body and spruce top. The guitar will be easily identifiable by the matching koa face plate on the peghead with its black ebony tuning buttons. There were several miscellaneous items in the bag as well (cables, strings, tuner), but the case and the guitar are the most easily recognizable items that are missing.
I appreciate all of your kokua in advance and if you do come across any information, please contact me through email.
Posted in Misc..
By keola
– October 21, 2007
Matt Catingub Orchestra Of Hawai‘i: Back To Romance
My favorite release of 2007 (so far). I can’t think of a CD I would want to have in my stereo for a romantic night at home. I might even take it to the restaurant with me and ask the staff to play it for a romantic night out.
Matt Catingub Orchestra Of Hawai‘i follows the theme of their debut 2006 CD, “Return To Romance,” with this years “Back to Romance.” If features an all-star lineup of some of Hawai‘i’s leading male vocals, back with the lush and tasteful accompaniment of the Orchestra.Henry Kapono’s bouncy “Pretty Woman” offers a funky and original take on the Roy Obison classic, Hapa follows with George Harrison’s masterful “Something.” There are jazz, rock and pop standards from all eras of recorded music, most vocals with a few instrumentals for a change of pace. Robert Cazimero, Fiji, Eric Gilliom, Afatia, Kaukahi, Bruce Hamada and Jaku Shimabukuro are among those that join the Orchestra for vocal or instrumental solos. Cecilio and Kapono revisit their classic rendition of Boz Skaggs “We’re All Alone” and offer another take on it. Matt himself shines as both a vocalist and instrumentalist. Jimmy Borges’ closing with “My Special Angel” is simply the icing on the cake, a fitting place for one of the greats in the history of Hawai‘i jazz.
The arrangements and performances are impeccable, and recording quality excellent. I can’t think of a CD I would want to have in my stereo for a romantic night at home. I might even take it to the restaurant with me and ask the staff to play it for a romantic night out. And it’s not to early to mark your calendar for the Hawai‘i Romance Festival next May.
Rated 5/5 on Oct 21 2007 by Keola Donaghy
Review Tags: hawaii, hawaiianmusic, mattcatingub, review, nahenahe
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Posted in Reviews.
By keola
– October 21, 2007
I looked back at the Nahenahe.net archives a few days ago, and realized that tomorrow, October 21, 2007, will mark the 10th anniversary of my conversion of Nahenahe.net to what is now called a blog format, inspired by blog, RSS and podcasting pioneer Dave Winer’s Scripting News. Here are my very first posts. There are still about 1,500 post in the database that I need to do minor tweaks to in order to get them online.
Nahenahe.net did exist for a few years before that, but mostly had links to other artists sites, and I also housed a few artist sites on it as well. I certainly didn’t think that it would still be around today in this kind of format. Mahalo to everyone who has followed it for all these years, the artists who got their web presences started here, the labels who keep me in the loop, everyone else in the industry and Dave for the inspiration. Maybe for the 20th anniversary I’ll throw another online a real party.
Posted in Falling Bits and Bytes.
By keola
– October 20, 2007
Johnny Kai sends a reminder to artists and labels to submit your CDs recorded in 2007 in the 11th Annual Hawai‘i Music Awards. They will be showcasing and interviewing nominees and promoting their CDs on Brown Bags To Stardom every week. Don’t forget to send in 3 CDs to validate your entry.
Posted in Hawai'i Music Awards.
By keola
– October 17, 2007
“Live Green & Save” Eco-Fair will be held at Manoa Valley District Park Gym this Saturday, October 20, 2007, presented by Mālama o Mānoa in conjunction with Hawaiian Electric Company. Fun & Educational for the entire family, entertainment provided by Manoa DNA and Darryl Loo’s “Ohana O Mele” from Kaimuki High School.
Posted in Falling Bits and Bytes.
By keola
– October 16, 2007
The Makaha Sons Christmas Concert, Christmas Memories will be held at the Sheraton Waikiki Hawai’i Ballroom on Saturday, December 15, 2007. Special guests will be Willie K and Melveen with performances by Hoku Zuttermeister, Leilani Bond, Kealo Koko and Tunui’s Royal Polynesians. Buffet line opens at 10:30am; Concert starts at 11:00am. $60 reserved seating; $100 VIP seating and special gifts. Tickets are scheduled to go on sale October 15 and can be purchased through the Sheraton Waikiki Dining Reservations Center at 808-922-4422. (with a tip of the cap to Billy V.)
Posted in Misc..
By keola
– October 15, 2007
I’ve been thoroughly enjoying Nighttime With Andy Bumatai on K5 for the past few nights, at least when I’ve been able to stay up to see it (getting ‘elemakule). Andy‘s short monologues are pretty sharp and while the quality of the guests and dialogs varies a bit it’s still worth a watch. It’s nice to see a local station step up and try something in this format. It would be nice to see more Hawaiian musicians get booked (hint!).
Posted in Misc..
By keola
– October 11, 2007
I had a slew of new releases hit my desk this week. I may review a few of them but here they are in no particular order:
I’ve only had a chance to listen to Slack Key Circus and need to give it a few more spins when I’m able to really listen to it. It’s too early for me to be listening to Christmas music, so those may have to wait at least a week 
Posted in Misc..
By keola
– October 11, 2007
The incomparable Mr. Reichel will be releasing not one but two Kūkahi DVDs on November 6 – one in HD DVD format and one in regular DVD format. Both are can be preordered at Mele.com.
Update, Tues 10/9/07: Keali‘i will be appearing on PBS Hawai‘i tonight in a new show hosted by Leslie Wilcox.
Posted in Misc..
Tagged with dvd, kealiireichel, kukahi.
By keola
– October 9, 2007
To follow up on my previous post, I’ve added a few new little tweaks to the site. First, there are now separate templates for iPhones and other mobile devices. If you have such a device you will see a streamlined version of the site. The picture below is how Nahenahe.net looks on an iPhone (photo courtesy Steven Espaniola. Mahalo Steven!)
If you have one of these devices, you don’t need to do anything – the site should detect your device and use the mobile template for you. Once nice thing about the iPhone is that it will display the Hawaiian diacritics correctly, something that I have not found in any other mobile device.
The other new features is that I’ve done a Nahenahe.net Twitter stream. Twitter is similar to a chatroom or IM in some ways, but allows you to have more focus and decide who you want to listen to. When I receive a piece of news that doesn’t have a link or web page, I’ll send it as a Twitter message, also known as a “tweet”, which is limited to 140 characters. I got an email from Steven a few days ago telling me he was working on his next release, so I relayed that message as a tweet, and it appears in the right hand column below my del.icio.us links (note the new links to John Berger’s and Wayne Harada’s reviews; you’ll find them there from now on). If you have a Twitter account you can also follow the Nahenahe.net tweets, or just keep your eye on the Hawaiian music tweets block in the right hand column. What I would really love to happen is to have all of these items appear in the news flow with the rest of my blog items, but the technologies are not quite there yet. Hopefully they will be soon.
I’m not doing all of these things just for the sake of being nerdy, but learning how these various tools help streamline my own flow of information, and each has its own particular strengths in various situations. I’m still trying to get the flows organized so that it requires the least effort on my part but most value to Nahenahe.net readers, and address the needs of the growing generation of mobile device owners. Stay tuned for more.
Posted in Falling Bits and Bytes.
Tagged with last.fm, Technology, twitter.
By keola
– October 5, 2007
I’ve been spending a lot of my free time in the past few months investigating and experimenting with a lot of the new social networking tools that have become very popular in technology circles. While I have been mostly looking into their ramifications for Hawaiian language speakers, I always keep my eyes out for ways in which the Hawaiian music community can also benefit. You’ll see a list of the various social networking sites that I inhabit in the left hand colum, such as MySpace, Facebook, Jaiku, Twitter and others.
What is interesting is the convergence of these technologies. You will find two new features in the right hand column of Nahenahe.net. The first is my iTunes playlist. When I play songs on iTunes, this info is automatically feed to my Last.fm account, which in turn is reflected automatically here on Nahenahe.net. While what I am listening to may or not be of interest, the second new features is syndication of my del.icio.us links, which has more valuable uses.
Del.icio.us is a great tool for creating a database of websites and blog posts you want to keep track of. While it is somewhat like creating bookmarks in your browser, they are stored on the web so you can access them anywhere. Where it is more powerful than your web browser’s bookmarks is how you can assign multiple tags to each of your links, rather than having to pick just one folder or category for it to be stored. For Firefox users, there is a powerful Firefox del.icio.us extension that allows you to replace the wimpy bookmark functionality of the browser with your del.icio.us links.
Anyway, I frequently come across news articles or tidbits regarding Hawaiian music that don’t necessarily rate getting a blog post or any commentary from me. So rather than clutter up Nahenahe.net with them, I create del.icio.us links from them, and the most recent ones will appear in the right hand column, below my iTunes playlist. You’ll see a few there right now and more will be added regularly. So be sure to check that block periodically when you visit. While there may not be a new blog post, there may be some new del.icio.us links. If all of this goes over your head, don’t worry, you’ll catch on
Posted in Falling Bits and Bytes.
By keola
– October 3, 2007
John Cruz will be performing all of the state in November to support his latest release, One Of These Days. He also has a number of in-store and media promotional performances on O‘ahu in October. Check out John’s performance calendar for more details.
Posted in Misc..
By keola
– October 1, 2007
