#KAPA Hawaiian FM

KAPA Hawaiian FM morning personalities Jaz and Ka’ea welcomed Maluhia to the KAPA Cafe. Named after the Hawaiian word “Peace”, Maluhia consists of talented musicians from the Big Island and Vancouver Island. Their unique Hawaiian Island sound mixed with mainland influence creates heartwarming music. Maluhia’s first album titled Ho’oponopono was released this year. [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/bigislandnow2/kapa-cafe-maluhia-2015[/soundcloud]

KAPA Hawaiian FM morning personalities Jaz and Ka’ea welcomed Darlene Ahuna to the KAPA Cafe.

KAPA Hawaiian FM morning personalities Jaz and Ka’ea welcomed Fiji to the KAPA Cafe. George “Fiji” Veikoso has been in the music industry for over 20 years. His unique style of Reggae, R&B, Hip-Hop, and Jazz has made him become the most known polynesian artist. He won the Na Hoku Hanahano Award for Male Vocalist […]

KAPA Hawaiian FM morning personalities Jaz and Ka’ea welcomed Kawena Mechler to the KAPA Cafe. Kawena is a professional hula dancer that has performed around the world with Hawaii’s top artists, such as Robert Cazimero, Keale, Brother Noland, and Ledward Kaapana. Her company, Kahiapo Talent, helps promote and book local talented artists and dancers. Kawena […]

KAPA Hawaiian FM morning personalities Jaz and Ka’ea welcomed Hawaii’s own, Jake Shimabukuro, to the KAPA Cafe. Jake’s exceptional and complex finger work has made him become the world’s most famous ukulele player. At the age of 4, he started learning how to play from his mother, who was an accomplished ukulele player. In 2006, […]

KAPA Hawaiian FM morning personalities Jaz and Ka’ea welcomed Led Kaapana to the KAPA Cafe. For more than 40 years, the lengendary slack key guitarist has been entertaining audiences with his traditional hawaiian music. As a teenager, he made his professional breakthrough when he formed the group Hui ‘Ohana with his twin brother and cousin. […]

KAPA Hawaiian FM morning personalities Jaz and Ka’ea welcome Kaho’okahi Kanuha to the KAPA Cafe. Kanuha has been a preschool teacher at Pūnana Leo and is an Aloha Aina practitioner. He has been recognized worldwide, however, as the vocal leader and spokesperson of the Ku Kia’i Mauna movement, which has been organized to prevent construction […]

KAPA Hawaiian FM morning personalities Jaz and Ka’ea welcomed Kumu Hula Paul Neves to the KAPA Cafe. Kumu Hula Neves is a familiar and resonating voice to many on the Big Island as a cultural practitioner, giving a living example of how Native Hawaiians value and live with aloha, lokahi (unity), and alaka’i (leadership), especially […]

KAPA Hawaiian FM morning personalities Jaz and Ka’ea welcomed Waipuna to the KAPA Cafe. Waipuna is made up of duo Kale Hannahs and Matt Sproat. Their first album, Mana’o Pili, was released in 2009 and helped to launch their music to the mainland United States and Japan. Two years later, they followed up their successful […]

KAPA Hawaiian FM morning personalities Jaz and Ka’ea welcomed legendary musician Robert Cazimero to the KAPA Cafe. Cazimero is more than just one half of the popular duo The Brothers Cazimero. He is an accomplished kumu hula who has guided his all-male halau, Halau Na Kamalei o Lililehua, to multiple overall awards at the Merrie […]

KAPA Hawaiian FM morning personalities Jaz and Ka’ea welcomed Makana, a Grammy-nominated guitar player from Oahu, to the KAPA Cafe. Makana is a product of some of the great slack key guitar players the islands have ever seen, working with legends Bobby Moderow Jr. and Uncle Sonny Chillingworth. He has taken the things learned through […]

KAPA Hawaiian FM morning personalities Jaz and Ka’ea welcomed members of the band Greenwood a popular group during the 70’s around Hawai’i night spots. From 1972­1981, Greenwood hit the stage with popular entertainers like Jimmy Borges, Tony Compton, and others, playing tunes that were the soundtrack of the nightclub scene. They revived those memories in […]

KAPA Hawaiian FM morning personalities Jaz and Ka’ea welcomed accomplished Hawaiian singer Amy Hānaialiʻi to the KAPA Café. Hānaialiʻi has received multiple GRAMMY award nominations and an astounding 22 Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards. Her albums have not only been successful locally, but also around the world, where she has been placed multiple times on the […]

Multiple Na Hoku-award winner Kuana Torres Kahele performs at the Support the Keiki Concert and donates $1,000 to the cause.

The effort involves the Support the Keiki Christmas Concerts being held at the Keauhou Shopping Center during three Wednesdays this month.