Podcast #40, 06/11/06, rough translation:
Greetings everyone and mahalo for listening to the Nahenahe.net podcast #40. Today is Sunday, June 11, 2006. Tomorrow is Kamehameha Dayu, a holiday for us in Hawai’i. The sun is warm, so we’ll probably head off to the beach.
I was very happy to watch the Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards two weeks ago, and to see the number of new and young people who won. And one of the big things that I will do today is to honor these peo ple by playing some of their music. I’ve placed a link to the list of winners at Mele.com, so if you don’t know the names of the winners, browse on over to Mele.com.
Since Nā Hōkū Hanohano is done, people start to think about September 31, the deadline for new release in order to be eligible for next year’s Grammy Awards. I have frequently talked about the differences in deadline dates for the Grammy Awards, Nā Hōkū Hanohano, and the Hawai‘i Music Awards, so I won’t explain it again right now.
I am going to play a song from the CD of Natalie Ai Kamaʻu. Natalie was chosen as the Female Vocalist of the Year for her CD at the Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards, for her excellent work on the CD “‘Ē.” Let’s listen to her singing “Latitū.”
Play “Latitū” by Natalie Ai Kamau‘u
One big event being held today is the Barefoot bash being held at the Lahaina Civic Auditorium on Maui. If you happen to hear my voice before 4PM on Sunday, June 11, head over to the Civic, if you hear this announcement afterwards, too bad, the Pu‘ulena wind has passed (i.e., it’s too late).
The second song that I will be playing today is from Kaumakaiwa Kanaka‘ole’s CD “Welo” which won in both the Hawaiian Album of the Year as well as Hawaiian Performance. You may be thinking to yourselves, what is the difference? That is a good question. The HAOTH is the release that is chosen as the best CD which contains at least 75 % Hawaiian language songs, and the best CD that fulfills this requirement is chosen The Hawaiian Performance category is judged on the strength of the Hawaiian language – in the songs, and in the pronunciation. The same CD is not frequently chosen in both categories, so this is something special for Kaumakaiwa. So, from his CD, Welo, this is Kaumakaiwa Kanaka‘ole singing Ke Aka o Ka Li‘ulā.
Play “Ke Aka o Ka Li‘ulā” by Kaumakaiwa Kanaka‘ole
My news machine has just sounded, telling me about a new release by Kaukahi, Kāwika Kahiapo, Barrent Awai, Walt Ke‘ale and Dean Wilhelm are the musicians and singers on this release. I do have a copy of the CD, and will play something from it in my next podcast.
Play “Ke Aka o Ka Li‘ulā” by Kaumakaiwa Kanaka‘ole
At this time, I’m going to play for you a song from Aaron Salā’s release, Ka ‘Upu Aloha. Aaron was chosen the Most Promising New Artist at the Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards last month, and a song from his CD was chosen at the best new Hawaiian composition. So congratulationns to Kīhei De Silva, for his song entitled “Ehuehu Mai Nei ‘O Mānoa.
Play “Ehuehu Mai Nei ‘O Mānoa” by Kaumakaiwa Kanaka‘ole
So congratulations to these young folks and new folks to the Hawai‘i music industry, and congratulations to all of the winners and nominees. That’s all I have for this week, so until we meet again next week, take care.
