Born on O‘ahu, raised in Kalama‘ula on Moloka‘i, and currently living in Wahie‘e, Maui, young Raiatea Helm’s life up to this point has taken an interesting path. Now with two acclaimed albums out and her bright falsetto singing being embraced far beyond the shores of Hawai‘i, the 21-year old’s days are bound to get even more interesting.
Opened in the spring of 2005 and located on the first floor of Ward Centre near Borders Books and Music, Welcome to The Islands offers consumers an affordable selection of high-quality Island-themed merchandise. Designed to appeal to visitors and residents alike, the store has everything from elegant porcelain dinnerware sets and etched glassware items to a collection of bath and body products and gourmet jams and jellies.
Just minutes from Waikiki in Downtown Honolulu, a revitalized neighborhood lures crowds of locals and visitors alike with its wide assortment of music entertainment.
Baik, which is pronounced “bike” and is the Indonesian word for “fine,” perfectly describes the class of furniture Ed and Linda Tseu consistently bring back to Honolulu. For over two decades, this husband-and-wife team has expertly hand-selected high quality furniture pieces and rare antique treasures from the equatorial island chain and imported them to Hawai‘i.
An unforgettable and heartwarming evening of Hawaiian song and story unfolds each Wednesday evening at The Ritz-Carlton Kapalua…home of the Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Concert Series. The art form Hawaiians innovated and named ki ho‘alu (literally meaning “slacken the key”) traces its roots back to the 1830s, but this style of popular music is as timeless as Hawai’i itself. Lately the mid-week concert series has drawn capacity audiences in the hotel’s intimate amphitheater proving that slack key music is as current as ever.
Honolulu’s local ‘ukelele wizard Jake Shimabukuro has grown immensely popular lately, and not just in the Aloha State. These days he can be fund jetting off on extensive tours, playing gigs with Jimmy Buffet, and showing up on talk shows like Late Night with Conan O’Brien.
Five years after his debut release, “E Ho‘i Na Wai,” kumu hula (hula teacher) Cody Pueo Pata returns with “He Aloha. . .”, a gorgeous collection of originals and standards honoring love, tradition, and the natural and spiritual forces of Maui.
Waimanalo girl Paula Fuga has done something not many other artists in these Islands can claim to have done. She has created a sound that is immediately recognizable as her own. It is utterly original in the way that Israel Kamakawiwo‘ole’s breathy soft-timbered verses could only have been sung by him—they’ll never be reproduced by another singer.
Born on O‘ahu, raised in Kalama‘ula on Moloka‘i, and currently living in Wahie‘e, Maui, young Raiatea Helm’s life up to this point has taken an interesting path. Now with two acclaimed albums out and her bright falsetto singing being embraced far beyond the shores of Hawai‘i, the 21-year old’s days are bound to get even more interesting.
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Opened in the spring of 2005 and located on the first floor of Ward Centre near Borders Books and Music, Welcome to The Islands offers consumers an affordable selection of high-quality Island-themed merchandise. Designed to appeal to visitors and residents alike, the store has everything from elegant porcelain dinnerware sets and etched glassware items to a collection of bath and body products and gourmet jams and jellies.
Baik, which is pronounced “bike” and is the Indonesian word for “fine,” perfectly describes the class of furniture Ed and Linda Tseu consistently bring back to Honolulu. For over two decades, this husband-and-wife team has expertly hand-selected high quality furniture pieces and rare antique treasures from the equatorial island chain and imported them to Hawai‘i.
An unforgettable and heartwarming evening of Hawaiian song and story unfolds each Wednesday evening at The Ritz-Carlton Kapalua…home of the Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Concert Series. The art form Hawaiians innovated and named ki ho‘alu (literally meaning “slacken the key”) traces its roots back to the 1830s, but this style of popular music is as timeless as Hawai’i itself. Lately the mid-week concert series has drawn capacity audiences in the hotel’s intimate amphitheater proving that slack key music is as current as ever.
Honolulu’s local ‘ukelele wizard Jake Shimabukuro has grown immensely popular lately, and not just in the Aloha State. These days he can be fund jetting off on extensive tours, playing gigs with Jimmy Buffet, and showing up on talk shows like Late Night with Conan O’Brien.
Five years after his debut release, “E Ho‘i Na Wai,” kumu hula (hula teacher) Cody Pueo Pata returns with “He Aloha. . .”, a gorgeous collection of originals and standards honoring love, tradition, and the natural and spiritual forces of Maui.
Waimanalo girl Paula Fuga has done something not many other artists in these Islands can claim to have done. She has created a sound that is immediately recognizable as her own. It is utterly original in the way that Israel Kamakawiwo‘ole’s breathy soft-timbered verses could only have been sung by him—they’ll never be reproduced by another singer.
