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Chucky Boy Chock's new album "The Music of Chucky Boy Chock Volume 1" got some air time yesterday morning on Hawaii Public Radio with Derrick Malama.  The exciting and long awaited CD features the opening & closing theme from HAWAII SKIN DIVER (HSD) TV.  

Have you heard it yet? Here's Track 2 "Sonny D In E Minor."  What do you think? 

Sonny D In E Minor by Mountain Apple Company

"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.

Lorna Lim Shares Inspiration for New Album with HPR's Derrick Malama

"Vocalist Lorna Lim is back with her first solo album in over a decade. It's called Polinahe, which means "soft and sweet music from the heart." Lim and her husband Wailau Ryder recently visited our studios, where HPR's Derrick Malama asked her about what inspired the sound her new album."

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Lorna Lim’s beautiful voice, her deep knowledge of hula, and her connection to the Big Island’s music tradition place her among Hawaii’s living treasures. Born and raised in the North Kohala district on the Big Island, she began playing music at an early age with her siblings and parents, an award-winning family musical group known throughout Hawaii simply as ‘The Lim Family’. Her sister Nani is one of Hawaii’s most renowned Hula teachers, and her Grammy nominated brother, Sonny, is one of Hawaii’s top slack key guitar players. Lorna’s performances have taken her throughout North America, Europe, and Japan.

Lorna recorded “Polinahe” for hula dancers, in a style that reflects her personal musical tradition.  The translation of the title - “poli”, meaning from the heart, and “nahe”, meaning sweet and pure - sums up Lorna’s musical style and the beautiful quality of her voice.

"After winning Hawaiian Album of the Year and Best Liner Notes at the 2010 Na Hoku Hanohano Awards, HPR's Derrick Malama spoke with Uluwehi Guerrero about the creative process that went into putting together his album of mostly falsetto music."

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A Na Hoku Hanohano award winner and long time Kumu Hula of Halau Hula Kauluokala from Maui, Uluwehi Guerrero’s latest album includes 16 wonderful songs, all sung in Hawaiian, some rarely recorded, and all perfect for Hula! It’s Uluwehi’s first CD in 8 years, and already listeners are raving it is well worth the wait.

A short interview with Derrick Malama on HPR

"Jeff Peterson recently brought his slack key guitar to our studios where HPR's Derrick Malama asked him about the first concert with shakuhachi Grandmaster Riley Lee." 

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Haleakala-€œ is the fourth collaboration between kiho`œalu (slack key) guitarist and GRAMMY® winner Jeff Peterson and internationally famous shakuhachi Grand Master Riley Lee. Like their best selling CD, Maui Morning, the Valley Isle of Maui inspired this recording. The shakuhachi (bamboo flute) is ideally suited to Hawaiian music, with its ability to play the soft melodies and rich harmonies, and the slides, bends, and other ornaments, with an expressive quality rivaled only by the human voice. Featuring refreshing interpretations of many of the most celebrated songs from Hawai`œi, Haleakala-€œalso includes four original pieces inspired by the beauty and majesty of the Haleakala-€œ Mountain and the Haleakala-€œ Crater. Haleakala-€œ's soothing nahenahe (sweet) music calms the spirit and invigorates the soul.

"Collaborative Talents of Keola Beamer and Raiatea Helm" 

Kanikapila Sunday, with HPR's Derrick Malama

"Legendary singer, songwriter, and slack key guitar master Keola Beamer and Grammy Award-nominee Raiatea Helm have recorded their first album together, entitled Keola Beamer and Raiatea. They're preparing for a concert tour of the islands next month and recently sat down with our own Derrick Malama in HPR's Atherton Studio. He started off by asking the duo why they began working together." 

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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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