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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, April 20, 2014

La 20 o Apelila 2014

3:00 PM
"Mele Hula: Kalakaua, Liliu E, Mamala, Ula Noweo, Heeia" - Henry Pa and Hooheno Serenaders
"Liliu E" - Aloha Pumehana Serenaders
"Kona Hema o Kalani" - Halona
"Heeia" - Mahi Beamer
"Maikai Ka Oiwi o Kaala" - Kealii Reichel
"Holo Ana o Kalakaua" - Kaupena Wong
"Kawika" - Kai Davis
"Kaulana o Hilo Hanakahi" - Lena Machado
"Hilo One" - Vickie Ii Rodrigues and Family
"Hilo Hula" - Jesse Kalima
"Mahalo E Hilo Hanakahi" - John Piilani Watkins
"Ka Nani Ao Hilo" - John Kameaaloha Almeida
"Moonlight in Hilo" - The Halekulani Girls
"Ka Wehi o Na Mokupuni" - Myrtle K. Hilo
"Kamalani o Keaukaha" - George Helm
"Hilo Hanakahi" - Nina Kealiiwahamana

4:00 PM
"Kaena" - Billy Gonsalves and His Paradise Serenaders
"Kimo Hula" - Mahi Beamer
"Ke Ala Ka'u I Honi" - The Kahauanu Lake Trio
"Halemaumau" - Kawai Cockett
"Pua Tubarose" - Linda Dela Cruz
"Hoonanea" - Lena Machado
"Hanohano Hanalei" - Alfred Alohikea
"Panini Puakea" - The Brothers Cazimero
"Kuu Home Aloha" - Leinaala Haili
"Kaneohe" - Genoa Keawe
"Kuu Home a i Kaneohe" - Flora Waipa
"Wahine Ui" - Gabby Pahinui
"Wahine Ui" - Benny Kalama
"Ahulili" - Dennis Kamakahi

5:00 PM
"Ka Hola E Pae" - Haunani Kahalewai
"Kuu Lei Kiele" - Holunape
"A Ka Lai Au i Kuhiau" - Ida Kelii Chun
"Maikai Ka Makani o Kohala" - Clyde Halemaumau Sproat
"Pua Melie" - Aunty Edith Kanakaole
"Aloha ia o Waianae" - Auntie Agnes Malabey-Weisbarth and the Makaha Serenaders
"I Alii No Oe" - Genoa Keawe
"Ka Lei E" - Diana Aki
"Anoai" - The Halekulani Girls
"Alekoki" - Sam Bernard
"Kaulana Na Pua" - Robert Cazimero
"Ko Mai Hoeueu" - Hooheno Serenaders

Sunday, April 13, 2014

La 13 o Apelila 2014

3:00 PM
"Kuhio Bay" - Wainani Kanealii
"Kuu Home Aloha" - Leinaala Haili
"Bayview Home" - The Molokai Trio
"Kolopa" - The Halekulani Girls
"Makaha" - Genoa Keawe
"He Ia Nui Ka'u" - Tina Kaapana
"Aloha Ka Manini" - Myra English
"Kuu Lei Pupu" - Noelani Mahoe
"Makawao" - Aunty Agnes Malabey
"Mi Nei" - Nalani Olds
"Pua Lilia" - Karen Keawehawaii
"Uilani" - Lena Machado
"Haupu" - Marcella Kalua
"Honolulu Ke Kaona Nui" - Myrtle K. Hilo
"Ka Uahi o ka Paka" - Auntie Ida Kelii Chun

4:00 PM
"Hanohano Waiehu" - Hannah Namauu
"Nani" - Pauline Kekahuna and Her Hauoli Girls 
"Kuu Lei My Darling" - Elaine Ako Spencer
"Nawiliwili" - Haunani Kahalewai's Trio with the Waikiki Serenaders
"Lovely Hula Hands" - Nina Kealiiwahamana
"Kuu Home i Kailima" - Tina Kaapana
"I Ka Po Me Ke Ao" - Genoa Keawe
"Pua Melie" - Aunty Edith Kanakaole
"Hoe Hoe Na Waa" - The Halekulani Girls
"Aliipoe" - Dorothy Kalima
"Kamokila" - Alice Namakelua
"Kaanoi" - Linda Dela Cruz
"Kamalani O Keaukaha" - Mikilani Fo
"Hoonanea" - Iwalani Kahalewai
"Nani Wale" - The Hiipoi Trio
"Kuu Home A I Kaneohe" - Flora Waipa

5:00 PM
"Paauau Waltz" - Cathy Foy
"Hola E Pae" - Haunani Kahalewai
"Makakilo" - Hokulani Meatoga
"Manu Oo" - Nalani Olds
"Ka Oiwi Nani" - Diana Aki and The Sons of Hawaii
"Na Ono Ia Na Kupuna" - Iolani Luahine
"Aloha Wahaula" - Tina Kaapana
"Kukuna O Ka La" - Genoa Keawe
"Lei Hiwahiwa" - Emma Sharpe
"Radio Hula" - Karen Keawehawaii
"Ke Ala Ka'u I Honi" - Hokulani Meatoga
"Ka Lei E" - Diana Aki
"Na Pana Kaulana O Keaukaha" - Aunty Edith Kanakaole
"E Mau E" - Kainani Kahaunaele

Sunday, April 6, 2014

La 6 o Apelila 2014

3:00 PM
"Punaluu" - Jesse Kalima
"Holau" - Lena Machado
"Aloha Kalanianaole" - Peter Ahia
"Ka Elele i Wakinekona" - Eddie Kamae and the Sons of Hawaii
"Nuku o Nuuanu" - Wainani Kanealii
"None Hula" - Linda Dela Cruz
"Aliamanu Hula" - Hula Lindsey
"Kaulana Na Kona" - Kamakele Kailiwai
"Kuu Milimili" - Bill Aliiloa Lincoln
"Kiss and Never Tell" - Tony Lindsey and Friends
"Pua Rose" - Bill Aliiloa Lincoln
"Indebted to You" - Tony Lindsey
"Waikaloa" - Aloha Pumehana Serenaders
"Hanauma" - Sam Bernard
"Dancing Under The Stars" - Andy Cummings & his Hawaiian Serenaders
"For You A Lei" - Nina Kealiiwahamana
"Two Shadows on the Sand" - Mikilani Fo

4:00 PM
"On the Beach at Waikiki" - Pauline Kekahuna & Her
"To You Sweetheart, Aloha" - Nina Kealiiwahamana
"Haole Hula" - George Helm
"Old Hawaiian Hospitality" - Maile Serenaders
"I'll Weave A Lei of Stars for You" - Emma Veary
"Moonlight in Hilo" - The Halekulani Girls
"One Little Dream of You" - Irmgard Farden Aluli
"Be Still Oe" - Auntie Ida Kelii Chun
"Wahine Ui" - Benny Kalama
"Anoai" - Linda Dela Cruz with the Halekulani Girls
"Kona Hema o Kalani" - Halona
"Nohili" - Mahi Beamer
"Manini Beach Medley: Manini Beach, Pua Be Still, Beverly Hills" - The Kihei Brown Trio
"Ainamalu" - Charles K.L. Davis
"Kawika" - Kai Davis
"Pili Me Oe" - Sam Bernard
"Hana No Ka Oi" - John Piilani Watkins
"Lahela Kuu Pokii" - Hulu Lindsey

5:00PM
"Hui E" - The Halekulani Girls
"Kaneohe" - Genoa Keawe
"Lei Nani" - May Kama'i
"Olu O Puulani" - Billy Gonsalves and His Paradise Serenaders
"Ke Ana Kolu" - Bill Aliiloa Lincoln
"Mokuhulu" - Kawai Cockett
"Ua Noho Au a Kupa" - Karen Keawehawaii
"Na Lei O Hawaii" - Lena Machado
"Kalena Kai" - George Helm
"Ahe Lau Makani" - Dennis Kamakahi
"Hanohano O Maui" - Uluwehi Guerrero
"Hanohano Wailea" - Moe Keale
"I Ka Po Me Ke Ao" - Hui Aloha

Sunday, March 30, 2014

La 30 o Malaki 2014

3:00 PM
"Hooheno Keia No Beauty" - Genoa Keawe and her Hula Maids
"Kawaihae" - Genoa Keawe
"Manowaiopuna" - Genoa Keawe
"Pua Mamane" - The Halekulani Girls
"E Kuu Baby Hotcha cha" - Tina Kaapana
"Nani" - Pauline Kekahuna and her Hauoli Girls
"Nolupe" - Lani, Lahela, Nina
"Nawiliwili" - Haunani Kahalewai's Trio
"Hawaii No E Ka Oi" - Hawaii's Haili Choir
"Hawaii No E Ka Oi" - Na Palapalai
"Maia Lau Pala" - The Hiipoi Trio
"Kuu Sweetie" - Louise Kaleiki and the Hooheno Serenaders
"Haupu" - Marcella Kalua
"To You Sweetheart, Aloha" - Nina Kealiiwahamana
"To You the Sweetest Aloha" - Sol Hoopii
"Hanohano Olinda" - Linda Dela Cruz
"Ka Nani O Kamananui" - Auntie Ida Kelii Chun

4:00 PM
"Hoonanea" - Lena Machado
"Kaupo" - Ka Leo Hawaii
"Me Ka Nani ao Kaupo" - John Piilani Watkins
"Ka Loke o Maui" - Kawai Cockett
"Aloha Ia No o Maui" - Karen Keawehawaii
"Aloha Ia o Waianae" - Aunty Agnes Malabey Weisbarth and the Makaha Serenaders
"Paahana Hula" - Bill Aliiloa Lincoln
"Liliu E" - Aloha Pumehana Serenaders
"Pua Lilia" - The Hoopii Brothers
"Na Lei" - Coral Islanders
"Ipo Lei Manu" - Dennis Kamakahi
"Kanaka Waiolina" - Eddie Kamae and the Sons of Hawaii
"Rain Liilii" - Eddie Kamae and the Sons of Hawaii

5:00 PM
"Pua Lilia" - Karen Keawehawaii
"Hookipa Paka" - The Hoopii Brothers
"Piano Ahiahi" - Genoa Keawe and her Hula Maids
"Laelae" - Genoa Keawe
"Anoai" - Halekulani Girls
"Pua Melie" - Aunty Edith Kanakaole
"Maikai Ka Makani o Kohala" - Clyde Halemaumau Sproat
"Ilolialoha" - The Brothers Cazimero
"Oahu" - Tony Conjugacion
"Sing A Song of Old Hawaii" - Nina Kealiiwahamana
"Mele Hula (Kalakaua, Liliu E, Mamala, Ula Noweo, Heeia)" - Henry Pa and the Hooheno Serenaders
"Ka Lei E" - Diana Aki
"Hasegawa General Store" - The Hoopii Brothers
"Kuilima Hula" - Peter Ahia

Sunday, March 23, 2014

La 23 o Malaki 2014

3:00 PM
"Green Carnation" - The Hoopii Brothers
"Makaha" - Genoa Keawe
"Makee Ailana" - The Halekulani Girls
"Paliakamoa" - Bill Aliiloa Lincoln
"Holau" - Lena Machado
"Kuu Ipo Pua Rose" - The Hiipoi Trio
"Waiomina" - Myra English
"Hapa Ilikini" - The Hiipoi Trio
"Kauiki" - Leinaala Haili
"Keanae" - Tony Lindsey and Friends
"Kahakuloa" - The Danny Kapoi Trio
"Lahela Kuu Pokii" - Kealoha Kalama and Her Hawaiian Echoes
"Puuanahulu" - Tina Kaapana
"Kimo Henderson Hula" - Hawai'i's Haili Choir
"Anoai" - The Halekulani Girls
"Kona Hema o Kalani" - Halona
"I Kona" - Kawai Cockett
"Lei Halawa" - The Molokai Trio

4:00 PM
"Manini Beach Medley" - The Kihei Brown Trio
"Kona Kai Opua" - The Brothers Cazimero
"Lulu Lima" - Tina Kaapana
"Hilo Hanakahi" - Nina Kealiiwahamana
"Punaluu" - Tina Kaapana
"Heha Waipio" - The Sunday Manoa
"Heha Waipio" - Lani, Lahela, Nina
"Kuu Ipo i ka Hee Pue One" - Bill Aliiloa Lincoln
"Hookipa Paka" - Genoa Keawe
"Kaleinani" - Kealoha Kalama and Her Hawaiian Echoes
"Kuilima Hula" - Peter Ahia
"E Huli Makou" - Halekulani Girls
"Lei Kiele" - Marcella Kalua

5:00 PM
"Ka Hola e Pae" - Haunani Kahalewai
"Niihau o Kaeokulani" - Ka Leo Hawaii
"Niihau" - Kai Davis
"Kipu Kai" - Hooheno Serenaders
"Aloha Kauai" - The Kahauanu Lake Trio
"Akaka Falls" - Genoa Keawe
"Kaehukai" - The Kihei Brown Trio
"Ahe Lau Makani" - Dennis Kamakahi
"Paniau" - Mahi Beamer
"Hiilawe" - George Helm
"Kalamaula" - Vickie Ii Rodrigues and Family
"Pili Me Oe" - Sam Bernard
"Ka Oni A Ka Moku" - Aunty Agnes Malabey Weisbarth and The Makaha Serenaders

Sunday, March 16, 2014

La 16 o Malaki 2014

3:00 PM
"Pua Tuberose" - Sonny Chillingworth
"Papa Sila" - Genoa Keawe
"Hawaiian Cowboy" - The Hoopii Brothers
"Ke One Kaulana o Hawaii" - Edith Kanakaole
"Aloha Kauai" - Iwalani Kahalewai
"Kauai Medley: Kuahiwi Nani Waialeale/A He Nani Kauai" - Leinaala Haili
"A Ka Lai Au i Kuhiau" - Hiipoi Trio
"Neki Hula" - Peter Ahia
"Kawika" - Kai Davis
"Heeia" - Mahi Beamer
"Aloha Wahaula" - Tina Kaapana
"Puna Kuu Aloha" - Agnes Malabey Weisbarth
"Pua o ka Makahala" - Lim Family
"Kananaka" - Sonny Chillingworth

4:00 PM
"Pua Mamane" - Halekulani Girls
"Matsonia" - Nina, Lani, & Lahela
"Kahukiaialo"- Myra English
"Lovely Sunrise Haleakala" - Noelani Mahoe
"Hauhau E" - Myrtle K. Hilo
"Wahine Hololio" - Kahauanu Lake Trio
"Makani Kaili Aloha" - Richard Kauhi
"Haleiwa Hula" - Genoa Keawe
"Hiilawe" - George Helm
"Nani Oahu" - Halona
"Green Lantern Hula" - Iwalani Kahalewai
"Kilakila o Moanalua" - Jesse Kalima
"Ka Nani o Kamananui" - Auntie Ida Kelii Chun
"Moku o Keawe" - Bill Aliiloa Lincoln
"Silversword" - Bill Gonsalves & His Paradise Serenaders
"Awaiaulu" - Charles K. L. Davis
"Maile Lei" - The Kahauanu Lake Trio
"Kuhio Beach" - Linda Dela Cruz

5:00 PM
"Ka Hola E Pae" - Haunani Kahalewai
"Pua Laniuma" - Genoa Keawe
"Kuu Lei Anuenue" - Tony Lindsey and Friends
"Paahana" - Halekulani Girls
"Tasana" - Genoa Keawe
"No Kona ke Kai Malino" - Sandii Hall & The Waikikians
"Hilo Hanakahi" - Nina Kealiiwahamana
"Mai Lohilohi Mai Oe" - Karen Keawehawaii
"A Oia" - The Kahauanu Lake Trio
"Hooluana" - Pua Almeida's Club Pago Pago Orchestra
"Two Shadows on the Sand" - Mikilani Fo
"Kailua" - Paahana
"Kamalani o Keaukaha" - Mikilani Fo
"Holokai Hula" - George Holokai
"Uheuhene" - Coral Islanders
"Kaena" - Billy Gonsalves
"Nani" - Genoa Keawe

Sunday, March 9, 2014

La 9 o Malaki 2014

3:00 PM
"Ka Loke" - Linda Dela Cruz
"Lei Lokelani" - The Kahauanu Lake Trio
"Lokelani Blossoms" - Leinaala Haili
"Kuu Ipo Pua Rose" - The Hiipoi
"The One Rose" - The Halekulani Girls
"Green Rose Hula" - John Almeida
"Ke Ala o ka Rose" - Linda Dela Cruz
"Ka Loke O Maui" - Kawai Cockett
"Aia i Waiehu Pua Lokelani" - Kealii Reichel
"Rose Lau Li" - Tina Kaapana
"Lei Lokelani O ka Punahou" - John Almeida
"Pauoa Liko Lehua" - Auntie Ida Kelii Chun
"Pauoa Hula" - Karen Keawehawaii
"Pauoa Liko ka Lehua" - Linda Dela Cruz
"Kuu Pua Lehua" - Vickie Ii Rodrigues and Family (Peter Kalani)
"Pua Lehua" - Akoni & Da Palapalai Patch
"Lehua I Hopoe" - Bill Kaiwa
"Kaleilehua" - The Kahauanu Lake Trio

4:00 PM
"Ka Pua Ilima" - Bill Kaiwa
"Beautiful Ilima" - Aunty Agnes Malabey Weisbarth and the Makaha Serenaders
"Kuu Pua Mikinolia" - Vickie Ii Rodrigues and Family
"Lei Ilima" - Mahi Beamer
"Pua ka Ilima" - Eddie Kamae and The Sons of Hawaii
"Maia Lau Pala" - The Hiipoi Trio
"Lei Hinahina" - John Almeida
"Kuwiliwili Iho Au" - Bill Kaiwa
"Pua Pikake" - Bill Kaiwa
"Kuu Sweet Pikake" - Kawai Cockett
"Pikake" - O'Brian Eselu
"Kuu Lei Pikake" - Keao Costa

5:00 PM
"Nani Ke Kiele/Makapala" - Aunty Edith Kanakaole
"Kuu Lei Kiele" - Tony Conjugacion
"Ka Pua Kiele" - Al Makahinu Barcarse
"Lei Kiele" - Marcella Kalua
"Lei Nani" - May Kama'i
"Nani Waialeale" - Mikilani Fo
"Hanohano Hanalei" - Alfred Alohikea
"Nani Mokihana" - Peter Ahia
"Sweet Lei Mokihana" - Genoa Keawe
"Mokihana Lullaby" - Sonny Lim and Lorna Lim
"Ke Anuenue" - Louise Kaleiki
"Punaluu" - Jesse Kalima
"Kaulana Ke Kuahiwi" - Kai Davis