Podcast #53 Translation

Podcast #053 11/19/06, rough translation:

Greetings everyone, this is Keola and mahalo for listening to the Nahenahe.net podcast #53. Today is Sunday, February 4, 2007. Itʻs been a long time since my last podcast, almost a month, so my apologies for that. I’ve been busy with the start of a new semester, and preparing for the music conference on Maui last weekend as well. I’ll talk more about that in just a bit.

Voting has started for the Hawai‘i Music Awards. This is the 10th year that it has honored Hawai‘i’s music, musicians and singers. Anyone with an email address can vote, so I strongly encourage you to vote for your favorite musicians. Visit hawaiimusicawards.com to vote. Mahalo to Johnny Kai for his endless support of the Hawai‘i music industry.

The deadline for submission for the Na Hoku Hanohano Awards has passed, so if you have not submitted a CD that was released last year, it is too late. We will probably see the preliminary ballot in March or April, and the awards will be held on June 20. The location is not decided yet. The Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards are not like the Hawai‘i Music Awards, only members of the Hawai‘i recording industry can vote. I will probably post some polls for the awards on Nahenahe.net in the months before the awards. The awards reach 30 years old this year, and there are many exciting events planned.

Keola Beamer has released new CD , it’s title is “Ka Hikina O Ka Hau”, and it features Keola’s playing classical music by famous classical composers such as Ravel, Stravinsky and Mendelssohn. I have three copies of the CD to give away today, but I would first like to play a cut from the CD now. According to Keola, this is not a slack key guitar CD. It features classical music performed in slack key tunings. Here is Tutu Maramba, a traditional Brazilian song, as performed by Keola Beamer

Play “Tutu Maramba” By Keola Beamer from “Ka Hikina O Ka Hau”

I will play another song from this CD later, and will ask the question that you must answer in order to be able to receive a copy of the CD.

This is a reminder that the Grammy Awards will be held and broadcast on Sunday, February 11. This is the third year that the Grammy for Best Hawaiian Album will be given. That is announced prior to the broadcast, so check Nahenahe.net and I will announce the winner shortly after it is announced in Los Angeles.

Kaukahi is a new group with a lot of familiar people in it, including Kawika Kahiapo, Walt Keale, Barret Awai and Dean Wilhelm. Their debut CD was released last year, and it is excellent. I am going to now play the title track of their CD, Life In These Islands for you.

Play “Life In These Island” By Kaukahi from “Life In These Island”

That is really sweet, isn’t it? Mahalo to Kawika for allowing me to play their music in the podcast, and my apologies for waiting so long to play it. I interviewed Kawika and Brother Noland last semester as part of my Hawaiian music class, and may play part of that interview in a future podcast, it was very interesting.

I am not going to ask the question that you need to answer in order to receive a copy of Keola Beamer’s new CD “Ka Hikina O Ka Hau”. Here is the quesion: what is the name of the person who assisted Keola in arranging the songs for this CD. If you don’t know, you can look on Keola’s website for his name. I will give you this little help: it is an Irish name. Email the name of this personal, as well as your own mailing address. I will select three names from among those that sent the correct answer, and those three will receive copies of the CD. Don’t be slow! I will draw the names next Sunday, February 11 in the morning.

So before ending this podcast, I will play one more song from “Ka Hikina O Ka Hau”. This is a traditional spanish song called “Cantar Montanes”, as performed by Keola Beamer on slack key guitar.
Play “Cantar Montanes” By Keola Beamer from “Ka Hikina O Ka Hau”

So my friends, that is all I have for you this week. Until we meet again next week, take care.