This month’s popular Hawaiian Music Series will be held on June 29 at 6 p.m. on the Baldwin Home Museum lawn, and will feature young Hawaiian music talent, Wehilei.
From live music, to local pop-up shops, and pictures with Santa, there’s a host of activities planned at the Queen Ka‘ahumanu Center this holiday season. The holiday lineup for the month features special events, entertainment, giving opportunities, and local pop-up shops.
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Maui reggae band Ekolu is nominated for Album of the Year, Group of the Year and Reggae Album of the Year in the 2021 Na Hoku Hanohano Awards. Photo courtesy of Ekolu
Veteran island reggae band Ekolu, the band’s co-founder Lukela Keala, and fellow musicians Kaleo Phillips, Makamae Auwae and Ka Pilina head the list of Maui artists nominated for the 2021 Na Hoku Hanohano Awards.
Ekolu is nominated for Group of the Year and their latest recording, “2020,” is up for Album of the Year and Reggae Album of the Year.
“I’m super excited,” said Keala, the lead singer, who was getting ready to head off island for a concert.
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Molokai student musicians Poâokela Napoleon (front row, from left), Keakaokalani Kaiama, Daniel Pelekai Jr., Institute for Hawaiian Music Director Keola Donaghy, Kaui Kapuni Manera and Shaye Lauifi pose for a photo with Natalie Sambajon (back row, from left), Kelly Kaawa Richardson, Lehiwahiwa Ritte and Valerie Temahaga. The first cohort of Institute for Hawaiian Music students on Molokai recently released an album honoring their home island. INSTITUTE FOR HAWAIIAN MUSIC photos
When the Institute for Hawaiian Music at the University of Hawaii Maui College first started recruiting students on Molokai, only four initially signed up.
“We questioned whether we could pull it off,” said Keola Donaghy, assistant professor of music and faculty coordinator for the Institute of Hawaiian Music and Music Studies at UH-MC.