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Some news and updates with our Mountain Apple artists!

Kainani Kahaunaele's award winning album

"I am honored for my songs to have been selected by my Hawaiian language peers to reflect and represent the integrity of our native tongue (Hawaiian Language Performance Award) and the intelligence and creativity of our kūpuna (Haku Mele Award)." - Kainani Kahaunaele, after winning two Hōkū Awards for her album 'Ōhai 'Ula. Available in Digital Download or CD.

New Artists

Husband and wife duo, Paula & Vergel have just signed with Mountain Apple Company and are in the process of recording their first album! Here's a clip of them rehearsing one of their original songs at our studio.

Today is the release of the DVD "Liʻa - The Legacy of a Hawaiian Man" by Eddie and Myrna Kamae which you can order now here.

In the meantime, here is Eddie Kamae and Mountain Apple Company CEO, Jon de Mello talking about the subject of the DVD, Sam Liʻa. 

The 10th cultural documentary from Eddie & Myrna Kamae’s Award-Winning Hawaiian Legacy Foundation Series

World Premiere • Hawai`i International Film Festival
Saturday, October 16 at 4pm at Dole Theaters

To purchase tickets call: 808.447.0577

See flier below for details.

"The Enduring Music of Eddie Kamae"

Eddie talks about his album "Yesterday & Today Volume 2" with HPR's Derrick Malama

"Hawaiian music legend Eddie Kamae's latest CD is called "Yesterday and Today Volume 2." It features classic songs recorded with The Sons of Hawaii in the 1970's, as well as new music produced with the group's latest lineup. Derrick Malama sat down with Eddie and his wife Myrna recently and asked him what it was like working with new blood." 

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Eddie Kamae was born in Honolulu on August 4, 1927 and has spent all of his life in the Hawaiian Islands. Although Eddie did not graduate from high school, he has gone on to distinguish himself as a singer, a musician, a composer, and more recently, as a filmmaker. He has been a key figure in the Hawaiian cultural renaissance, which found one of its earliest and strongest voices in The Sons of Hawai‘i, the charismatic band formed in the 1960s by Kamae and the legendary singer and guitar virtuoso, Gabby Pahinui. This band became known for the authenticity of its feeling and choice of songs, many of which were a result of Kamae’s research into the archives of long-neglected melodies and lyrics. He is recognized as the first well-known performer to systematically seek out the sources and origins of traditional Hawaiian music.

Revisit the E Kanikapila Kakou 2010 "The Stories Behind the Songs" with Eddie Kamae from the archives of KKCR Kaua`i Community Radio. 

Uncle Eddie is one of Hawai`i's living treasures.  

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NEW DVD: "HAWAIIAN VOICES" by EDDIE & MYRNA KAMAE 

AVAILABLE September 28th! 

Synopsis: HAWAIIAN VOICES is an award-winning one hour documentary which pays tribute to the role of kupuna in preserving Hawaiian culture.  It focuses on the legacies of three respected Hawaiian elders whose lives bridged the transition from older times into the late 20^th century.  They are Ruth Makaila Kaholoa`a of the Big Island, Hawai`i, Lilia Wahinemaika`i Hale of O`ahu and Moloka`i; and Reverend David “Kawika” Ka`alakea of Maui.  A special emphasis in the documentary is on the power of the Hawaiian language as a key to cultural continuity.  Each of these kupuna speaks the Hawaiian language fluently, as it was spoken by their families.  Each of them is a possessor of invaluable lore and recollection, a treasure whose stories, memories and perspectives need to be shared as a way of bringing the healing wisdom of the past into the often fragmented world of the present.