This week on Pakele Live! with Tony Solis marks the first appearance by Jon Osorio (6pm), and the return of Uluwehi Guerrero (7pm), in a bid to raise awareness, garner donations and publicize the fundraising concert being held on Saturday March 27 to aid Laua’e Beamer, a young mother who was diagnosed with breast cancer in January of this year, when she was eight months pregnant. http://benefitforlauae.blogspot.com/
Jon Kamakawiwo’ole Osorio (with his musical partner Randy Borden) gained widespread popularity in the 1970s, during the cultural and political renaissance for Native Hawaiians. Their 1981 hit "Hawaiian Eyes" (the title track from their second album) won a Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award for song of the year. “Hawaiian Soul,” another song on the Hawaiian Eyes album, was one of the first songs written in honor of George Helm.
Director of the University of Hawai'i-Manoa's Kamakakuokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies, Jon is a political activist and respected author, historian and speaker on such topics as indigenous rights, Native Hawaiian values, traditions and beliefs, the effects of political Westernization on Hawaiian identity, and 19th and 20th century law and politics in Hawai'i.
Uluwehi Guerrero - Kumu Hula, multiple Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award winner, and the most recent recipient of the Hawai’i Music Award in the Traditional Hawaiian category for his 3rd album “Uluwehi Sings Na Mele Hula Aloha.”
Uluwehi has won top honors at several falsetto competitions throughout the state of Hawai’i. He also teaches ’ukulele; has a large and talented Hawaiian choir; has judged many hula competitions in Hawai´i, the mainland, and Guam; has given popular hula workshops throughout Hawai´i, North America, the Pacific basin, and Japan; contributes his time and talents through concert performances to help numerous local organizations in their fund-raising efforts; is a choreographer and designer of hula attire; has performed for different halau at the annual Merrie Monarch Festival; and has lent his time and incredible musical and vocal arrangements to other recording artists, such as Keali´i Reichel and Lei´ohu Ryder of Maui.
Join Tony Solis for Pakele Live! on Thursday, March 25, from 6-8 p.m. HST in the Pakele Lounge at the Ala Moana Hotel (410 Atkinson Dr., Honolulu). There is no cover or minimum, although your purchase of two drinks or soft drinks helps ensure the continuation of the Pakele Live! concert series. (Note: Pakele Lounge has once again stopped serving food.) All ages are welcome, and free parking is available next door at Ala Moana Shopping Center.
You may also watch the show live online at: http://www.pakelelive.com/
(Please email the show at pakele @ lava.net and let us know you’re watching! Mention your name and where you’re located - city, state – or country, if outside the U.S.)
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Jon Osorio & Uluwehi Guerrero - Pakele Live
Posted - 03/25/2010 : 02:00:59 AM
