Waikiki After Dark

Waikiki After Dark

Some Hawai`i locals may recall that one of the most popular radio programs of the 1960s was “Waikiki After Dark” for which a local radio station went out to one of the popular Waikiki hotspots and caught legendary Hawaiian entertainers at their most raw – live on stage. Now Ho`olohe Hou Radio helps you unwind from a hard week’s worth every Friday evening by recreating that era in Hawai`i’s entertainment history with a live recording…

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This Day In Hawaiian Music History

This Day In Hawaiian Music History

Perhaps already known as the hallmark of Ho`olohe Hou Radio’s educational mission since its launch not all that long ago is a segment which airs almost daily – whenever a notable event in Hawaiian music crosses creator/host Bill Wynne’s mind. In “This Day In Hawaiian Music History,” Wynne celebrates the anniversary of the births and passings of Hawai`i entertainment legends, major show openings, historic concerts and festivals, and landmark recording sessions and record releases. Wynne…

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The Mele Minute

The Mele Minute

“Mele” is the Hawaiian language word for “song” – or even more specifically the song lyric. In “The Mele Minute,” Ho`olohe Hou Radio creator/host Bill Wynne celebrates the unique art of Hawaiian songwriting by discussing composers – the famous and the forgotten – and the aspects of their poetry that makes each songwriter special and each song unique. Wynne also translates quintessential verses of those songs written in the Hawaiian language – dissecting the unique…

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Elvis Meets Lani Kai and The Surfers

Elvis Meets Lani Kai and The Surfers

Nobody would accuse Elvis of performing what would typically be thought of as “Hawaiian music” – not even in any of the three films he made in Hawai’i.  But Elvis did associate with some greats of Hawaiian music, and these local Hawai’i musicians and personalities added more than a little local flavor and flair to the precedings. In honor of Elvis’s January 8th birthday, Ho`olohe Hou Radio celebrated with some rarities that show how local Hawai’i…

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Requests

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Emma Veary

Emma Veary

Emma Maynon Kaipuala Veary Lewis started her music career somewhat inauspiciously – singing with the E.K. Fernandez circus at the tender age eight. But after winning any number of talent and singing contests, Emma was singing at every major Waikiki nightspot while still in high school. She went on to study opera and perform in the stock companies of such Broadway shows as Carousel, Showboat, Pal Joey, West Side Story, The King and I, andFlower Drum Song….

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Don Ho – The Early Years

Don Ho – The Early Years

I hesitate to tell the story of Don Ho yet again since almost any fan of Hawaiian entertainment in the 1960s and 70s knows it backward and forward and could tell it equally well. The reallyshort version (and to set straight the oft-inaccurate Wikipedia)… James Ho and his wife, Emily “Honey” Ho, opened a bar and restaurant in Kane`ohe on the windward side of O`ahu in 1939 and raised their six children in the house…

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Ka Makākiu Mele Hawaiʻi

Ka Makākiu Mele Hawaiʻi

Translated as “The Hawaiian Music Detective” (and so named by famed Hawaiian musician and composer Cody “Pueo” Pata), in “Ka Makākiu Mele Hawai`i” Ho`olohe Hou Radio host/creator Bill Wynne tackles long held myths and misconceptions about Hawaiian music – artists, composers, songs, recordings – as well as many a mystery that has gone forever unexplored. Who is the mystery steel guitarist on that album? Who were the backing singers on that track? Who really wrote…

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