Podcast #42 Translation

Podcast #042 7/09/06, rough translation:

Greetings everyone, this is Keola and mahalo for listening to the Nahenahe.net podcast #42. Today is Sunday, July 2, 2006. It is an overcast day here in Hilo. I just finished a week of vacation from work and am back in the office to get ready for the coming week’s work. Before I start todays show, I need to announce the passing of Aunty Pahukoa Morse, singer and musician who performed with many legendary musicians such as John Almeida, Genoa Keawe and more recently recorded with Lei Hulu and Ida Keli‘i Chun. She will be missed.

In other news, Kenneth Makuakāne has opened his new website, so point your web browser to http://www.makuakane.com. Kenneth is recording his new Hawaiian CD at this time, and it should be ready by September.

So, today I have some songs from Henry Kapono’s new CD to play for you. The CD is entitled, “The Wild Hawaiian”, and the music certainly is different. Henry is famous for his singing with the famous group Cecilio and Kapono, as well as performing and recording by under his own name. This is his first CD in the Hawaiian language, and the style of music is rock and rool. I’ll begin by playing the first song from this CD, the traditional song “Nā Ali‘i”, done in a very new way.

Play “Nā Ali‘i” by Henry Kapono

When I first put the CD in my CD player, I thought I put a Jimi Hendrix CD in, but it was indeed Henry Kapono. I had heard about this CD as it was being recorded several years ago, as my good friend Dave Russell was helping Henry record it. I was a bit concerned about it at first, as Henry had not recorded many Hawaiian language songs before. When I saw in the CD jacked that he was helped by Laiana Wong, I was no longer concerned And when I heard the recording, the language was very well done.

I have a few other things to talk about before playing another song from Henry’s new CD. First, Nahenahe.net is now available in the iTunes podcast directory. I tried several times to register it, but there were problems. I’d like to thank Vernon Brown at the 808Talk podcast for his assistance in fixing the problems. The big thing about this is that it will be easier for listeners to find and subscribe to the podcast. And to show my appreciation for his help, I am going to play his promotional announcement for 808Talk.

I’d like to announce that the Volcano Cultural Festival will be held next Saturday, the 15th of July in Ka’u. Peformers include Demitrius Olivera and Leka Gravela, Sonny Ramos & Friends, Philip Barro & Friends, Kenneth Makuakāne, Pomaikalani, Keawe Trio, The Hilo Serenaders, and Diane Aki & Friends. The event is free. You can listen to the program on KAPA radio from 9:30 – 12:30 AM.

Let’s return to Henry Kapono’s new CD, the Wild Hawaiian. It was a bit difficult to pick the songs to include in the podcast. There are many traditional songs on the CD, recorded in many different, contemporary ways. Hilo Hanakahi, He‘eia, Hi‘ilawe, and E Hō Mai are some of these songs, and it includes two original compositions as well. However, I choose to play the final cut from this CD for you, Ke Aloha O Ka Haku. Enjoy.

Play “Ke Aloha O Ka Haku” by Henry Kapono

Mahalo nui to Maila Gibson at Aloha Music International and Henry Kapono for their allowing me to play music from his new CD in this podcast. So until we meet again next week, take care.