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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

Sunday, December 30, 2012

He La Huakai!!!

12/23/12

E oʻu mau hoa hoʻolohe mai ka lā hiki i Kahikina a i ka lā kau aku i Komohana, aloha nui! Eia mai nā mele i hoʻolele ʻia ma ka lā i hōʻike ʻia aʻela. Mahalo piha iā ʻoukou a pau i ka hoʻolohe ʻana mai! Hauʻoli nō hoʻi māua i ka nanae pū ʻana me ʻoukou i nā mele Hawaiʻi. Na wai hoʻi e ʻole i ka nani o nā mele a nā kūpuna i haku ai a i mele ai hoʻi? Ke aloha nui!

Mahalo,
Keliʻi

Imi Au ia Oe - Eddie Kekaula
Kona - Nina kealiiwahamana
Hanohano hanalei - Maile Serenaders
Pualeialoha - Bill Aliiloa Lincoln
Neki Hula - Leinaala Haili
Kuhio Bay - Wainani Kanealii
Lei Pukana - Kaimana
Ka Loke O Maui - Kawai Cockett
Pauoa Hula - John Almeida and Genoa Keawe
Haleakala Hula - Kealoha Kalama 
Kilakila O Haleakala - George Helm
Kaehuokalani - Hokulani & The Waikikians 
Halau Waianae - Charles Kaupu
Na Kupa o Waianae - Dennis Kamakahi
Nanakuli - Hui Ohana
Uluwehi O Kaala - Halekulani Girls
Waianae Medley - Noelani Mahoe
E Waianae - Pandanus Club
He Aloha No o Waianae - Kuuipo Kumukahi
Aloha ia o Waianae - Kahauanu Lake Trio
Makua - Robi Kahakalau
Maikai ka Oiwi o Kaala - Kealii Reichel
The Beauty of Maunakea - Brothers Cazimero
Ewa - Nina Kealiiwahamana
Pupu Ao Ewa - Kealii Reichel
Eo Kaahupahau - Kanilau
Paauau Waltz - Cathy Foy
Pearl Harbor - John Piilani Watkins
Kilakila O Moanalua/ Moanalua - Sunday Manoa
Aliamanu Hula - Kimo Alama Keaulana
Mokuoeo - Aloha Pumehana Serenaders
Ka Wahine Hele La - Makaha Sons
Leahi - The Kahauanu Lake Trio
Beautiful Leahi - Na Leo 
Kaimana Hila - Darlene Ahuna

Monday, December 10, 2012

Lā 9 o Kekemapa

Welina me ke aloha e nā hoa pepeiao o ke Kīpuka!

     Ua pōmaikaʻi nō kākou i ke kipa ʻana mai o ko māua ʻo Keliʻi hoa, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻo Kalehua Kawaʻa. Mahalo iā ʻoe e Kalehua no kou kākoʻo ʻana iā Kīpuka Leo!

-Kalāokananikiʻekiʻe
  • Kuluwaimaka
  • Pua Mae'ole - Hui Ohana
  • Nani Manoa - Kawai Cockett
  • Nani Ke Kiele/ Makapala - Aunty Edith Kanakaole
  • Uluwehi O Kaala - Moe Keale
  • Ho'onanea - Lena Machado
  • Mi Nei - Linda Dela Cruz
  • Kapilimehana - Brothers Cazimero
  • Beautiful Kahana - The Sunday Manoa
  • Lei Halawa - Molokai Trio
  • Voices on the Wind - Palani Vaughan
  • He Aloha No O Honolulu - George Helm
  • Aliipoe - Dorothy Kalima
  • Lele Kowali - Nina, Lani, Lahela, and The Maile Serenaders
  • Kailua - Paahana
  • Paoakalani - Emma Veary
  • Mehanaokala - Kainani Kahaunaele
  • Kupa Landing - The Hoopii Brothers
  • Inu Medley - Vickie Ii Rodriques
  • Sanoe - Maunalua
  • E Ho'i i ka Pili - Nina Kealiiwahamana & Herb Ohta
  • Nani Wale a ka Mahina - The Kahauanu Lake Trio
  • Baby Opuʻulani - Linda Dela Cruz
  • Radio Hula - Uluwehi Guerrero
  • Bayview Home - Molokai Trio
  • Ka Loke - The Lim Family
  • Lei Hinahina - Leinaala Haili
  • Old Plantation - Alfred Apaka
  • Pua Melie - Edith Kanakaole
  • Pua Aalii - Hookena
  • Papa Sia - Genoa Keawe
  • Aia La o Pele i Hawaii - Kelii Taua
  • Na Wai Kaulana - Skippy & The Makaha Sons of Niihau
  • Imi Au ia Oe - Napua Greig
  • Ka Na'i Aupuni - The Brothers Cazimero
  • Ilolialoha - The Brothers Cazimero
  • He Manao Ko'u ia Oe - The Kahauanu Lake Trio
  • E Hihiwai - The Sons of Hawai'i 
  • Malolo - The Kahauanu Lake Trio
  • Palisa - Kawai Cockett
  • Lehua'ula - Weldon Kekauoha
  • Liliko'i - Tony Conjugacion & Nina Kealiiwahamana