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A kipuka is a calm, generative entity whose character is distinctly other than the space surrounding it – the clearing in a forest, the calm in a high sea, the opening in a cloud formation, and most famously the pockets of new green growth and surviving forest that slowly revegetate Hawaiian lava beds. This kipuka is one of leo, of voice. As an all-Hawaiian music and language program, it returns the native langauge of Hawaii to the ears of its people, at least for three hours each week. And we play some of the best old-style Hawaiian jams ever heard. E komo mai i ke Kipuka Leo! This show is conducted primarily in the Hawaiian language – music, speaking, and dialogue w/callers (as much as possible). It is meant to provide a 3 hour slot in which the community can hear Hawaiian songs (especially the old classics) that aren’t often heard, and to introduce new artists who play in the “old style”. Guests include Hawaiian music artists & songwriters, as well as Hawaiian language students & staff of UH. Come join us every Sunday from 3pm-6pm on 90.3/91.1/89.9 FM, on your digital cable channel 866 and online at ktuh.org

Friday, September 28, 2012

La 23 Kepakemapa

Aloha mai kakou e na hoa hoolohe i ke Kipuka Leo aloha o kakou! Eia no hoi wau o Keliʻi ke hoike aku nei i na mele o ia lapule i hala aku nei. Ua pomaikai hoi kakou a pau i ke kipa ana mai o na haumana o ka papa Hana Oe a Kani Pono, oia hoi ka papa e noho oluolu nei ma lalo o ka malu o Kumu Kahikina, ke kumu hoi nana i hookumu i nei papahana lekio, o ke Kipuka Leo. He nui hoi ko kakou mahalo ia Kumu Kahikina. Ua hele mai lakou haumana a pau me ka wiwoole a me ke aloha nui no ka hoolauna ana aku i kekahi mele ia kakou a pau! Ua nani maoli no. Eia no hoi na mele a lakou i hoolele aku ai ia oukou! Ina ua hala kela lapule ia oukou, aole no ia he pilikia, e kipa hou mai ana keia mau hoa aloha! Eia mai he mahalo nui ia oukou! Ke aloha!

Haumana: Makana & Kalei 
Papahana: Charles E. King

Kalena Kai  - George Helm
Kaimana Hila - Joe Keawe
Ke Kali Nei Au -  Lizzie ʻAlohikea & John Heleluhe
Eleu Mikimiki - Sunday Mānoa
Kuʻu Lei Lehua - Kamehameha Schools Papa 1973
Kamehameha Waltz - Emma 
Imi Au ia Oe - Bill Kaʻiwa



Haumana: Pokipala & Kamakakaulani
Papahana: Liliuokalani


Anapau . Bill Aliiloa Lincoln
Ka Oiwi Nani -  Diana Aki & the Sons of Hawaiʻi
Imi Au ia Oe  - Tina Kaapana
Puna Paia Aala - Bill Kaʻiwa
He Ai na Kalani - Sons of Hawaiʻi
O Makalapua - Charles K.L Davis
Kuʻu Pua i Paoakalani - Liliu
Ka Pule a ka Haku - Jack DeMello


Haumana: Kahaku & Wehilani
Papahana: Leo Ohana


Hui Ohana - Hui Ohana
Kaulana o Hilo Hanakahi - Kalima Brothers
Mālolo - Kahauanu Lake Trio
Ka Pua o ka Makahala -  Rodrigues Ohana
E Mau - Barney Isaacs & the Kahala Serenaders
Pua Olena - The Kaholokulas
Hooluana  - John & Pua Almeida
Molokaʻi Waltz - Molokaʻi Trio


Haumana: Alakai & Hauoli
Papahana: Ipo Manuahi


Kauoha Mai - Lena Machado
Hola e Pae - Genoa Keawe
Maunaloa - Genoa Keawe
Latitu - Rodrigues Ohana
Lei Hinahina - John Kameaaloha Almeida
Lehelehe Blues - Sonny Chillingworth
Ka Uahi o ko Paka - Ida Kelii Chun
Ka Anoi - Kamehameha Schools

Monday, September 17, 2012

He La Kamakamaʻilio :)

Aloha mai no kakou e na hoa makamaka! ʻO Kalaokananikiekie keia.

I keia la, oia no ka la mua a ko maua ʻo Kelii hana pu ʻana ma ke kahua lekio, a ua pomaikai no maua i ke kipa ʻana mai o Alakaʻi laua ʻo Hauʻoli kekahi! Mahalo ia olua no ke kipa ʻana mai. Ua nani maoli no na mele i hoolele ʻia a me ke kamakamailio ʻana ma hope, ua komo maoli no makou i ka ai kole. Mahalo ia Manako kekahi no kona kahea ʻana mai!


  • Leinaala Haili - "Pohai Kealoha"
  • Hema Paʻa - "Kealoha"
  • Akoni & Da Palapalai Patch - "Kealoha"
  • The Makaha Sons of Niihau - "Moanikeʻala"
  • Karen Keawehawaii - "Ka Wailehua ʻAʻala ka Honua"
  • Kekuhi - "Ka Ipo Lei Manu"
  • Edith Kanakaole - "Ka Uluwehi o ke Kai"
  • Agnes Malabey - "Makawao"
  • Pele Suganuma - "Puʻuonioni"
  • Vicky Ii Rodrigues - "Fair Hawaii"
  • Kihei Brown Trio - "Na Hoa Hee Nalu"
  • Hoʻokena - "Ka i ka Hoe"
  • Robert Cazimero - "E Hele Au ma ke Kai"
  • Kelii Taua - "Hoe Puna"
  • Waipuna - "Kamehameha Trilogy"
  • Genoa Keawe - "Haleiwa Hula"
  • Karen Keawehawaii - "Mai Lohilohi Mai Oe"
  • Billy Gonsalves & his Paradise Serenaders - "Olu o Puʻulani"
  • Halekulani Girls - "One Little Dream of You"
  • Cathy Fox - "Paʻauʻau Waltz"
  • George Helm - "Maile Swing"
  • Irmgard Aluli & Puamana - "No Hilahila"
  • Kawai Cockett - "Hanohano Wailea"
  • Kahauanu Lake Trio - "Pua Ahihi"
  • Marlene Sai - "Lovely Kaui"
  • Sonny Chillingworth - "Lehelehe Blues"
  • John Almeida - "Lei Hinahina"
  • Sunday Manoa - "Honolulu Baby"
  • Marcella Kalua - "Lei Kiele"
  • Elaine Ako Spencer - "Honaunau Paka"
  • Bill Aliiloa Lincoln - "Pua o ka Makahala"
  • Genoa Keawe - "Hola e Pae"
  • Noelani Mahoe - "Soft Green Seas"
  • Alice Namakelua - "Ka Manu"
  • Kahauanu Lake Trio - Hapa Haole Medley (ua kakau ʻe ʻia na inoa o na mele ma ka Lapule aku nei)
  • Hui Ohana - "Waiulu"
  • Marcella Kalua - "Kahoolawe"
  • Tina Kaapana - "Waioleka"
  • Agnes Malabey - "Kauionalani"

Monday, September 10, 2012

Lapule Kepakemapa 9, 2012

Aloha pumehana kakou e na hoa makamaka! ʻO Kalāokananikiʻekiʻe keia, a ua pomaikaʻi maoli no wau i nehinei i ke kipa ʻana o Kumu Kahikina a me kekahi o na haumana a ka papa Hana ʻOe a Kani Pono. Ua nani maoli no ko lakou kipa ʻana mai iaʻu, a ua keu a ka leʻaleʻa. Eia no na mele aʻu i hoʻolele ai, a ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻia na mele a na haumana i hoʻolele ai kekahi, i hiki ia lakou a me oukou ke ike i ka lakou mau mele. (Kala mai iaʻu, aole paha keia ke kaʻina pololei - ua kuapo ʻia ke kaʻina o kekahi mau mele)

Me ke aloha,
Kalāokananikiʻekiʻe



Na Kalāokananikiʻekiʻe:

  • Karen Keawehawaii - "Radio Hula"
  • Joe Recca - "E Maliu Mai"
  • Noelani Mahoe - "Lovely Sunrise Haleakala"
  • Akoni & Da Palapalai Patch - "Ka Nani a ʻo Kaʻu"
  • Kanilau - "For the Love of You" 
  • Hoʻokena - "Lumahaʻi"
  • Robert Uluwehi Cazimero - "Mahaiʻula"
  • Keawe Lopes - "Welina Manoa"
  • Nina Kealiiwahamana - "Kuʻu Ipo i ka Heʻe Puʻe One"
  • Mahi Beamer - "Ke Kali Nei Au ia ʻOe"
  • Kealoha Kalama - "Pohai Kealoha"
  • Palani Vaughan - "Akaka Falls"
  • Hema Paʻa - "Ke Aloha"
  • I Ku Mau Mau - "E Ola Mau o Moʻomomi"
  • Kuʻuipo Kumukahi - "Lehua i Hopoe"
  • Richard Kauhi - "Kona Kai Opua"
  • Alice Namakelua - "Ka Manu"
  • The Hoʻopiʻi Brothers - "Pua Lilia"
  • Nathan Aweau - "E Apo Mai"
  • Keliʻi Tauʻa - "Hoe Puna"
  • Waipuna - The Kamehameha Trilogy"
  • Uluwehi Guerrero - "Kupa Landing"
  • Genoa Keawe - "Hola E Pae"
  • Kahauanu Lake Trio - "Home Kapaka"
  • Kaumakaiwa Kanakaʻole - "Mele Paʻihi Kupuna"
  • Gary Aiko - "Na Leo o Hawaiʻi"
  • Myra English - "Kahukiʻaialo"
  • Nina Kealiiwahamana - "Adios ke Aloha"
Na Kahaku Asing:
  • Benny Kalama - "Ta Haua La"
  • Linda Dela Cruz - "Haole Hula"
Na Wehilani Kalua:
  • Peter Ahia - "Puʻuhonua Nani"
  • Leinaʻala Haili - "Neki Hula"
Na Alakaʻi Lum:
  • Nina Kealiiwahamana - "Honolulu"
Na Hauʻoli Elarco:
  • Da Blahlas - "Na ka Pueo"
  • Paul Page - "Nani Waimea"


Thursday, September 6, 2012

Aloha Pumehana!

Aloha pumehana kakou! 
O keia ʻo Kalaokananikiʻekiʻe maua ʻo Keliʻi, na wilipa hou o Kipuka Leo ma KTUH FM Honolulu.

I ko maua komo ana i loko o Kipuka Leo, ua upu mai keia manao e hana blog ana maua i hiki ke hoike a malama ʻia na mele i hoʻolele ʻia ai ma ka lekio. I kela keia Lapule aia ana ʻo Kipuka Leo ma ka lekio, a laila, e hoʻouka ana maua i na mele i hoʻolele ʻia. 


Ina he mau manaʻo paha ko ʻoukou, a i ʻole he mau ninau paha, mai makaʻu, e ninau wale mai!