Archive for the ‘Lily Meola’ Category

Willie Nelson, family and friends at Luck Reunion 2017

Saturday, March 18th, 2017

Always a highlight, when Willie Nelson invites other artists on stage at the end of his shows, to join him in a few songs, and a gospel set.  It is fun to see how excited all the artists are, to get to come on stage and sing with Willie Nelson.

 

Congratulations, Lily Meola: Finalist for Na hoku Hanohano Awards

Tuesday, April 12th, 2016

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www.nahokuhanohano.org

Congratulations to Lily Meola, named finalist for Na Hoku Hanohano Awards: Three Categories!

Contemporary Album
Best Female Vocalist
Most Promising Artist

Na Hoku Hanohano Awards

The Hawai‘i Academy of Recording Arts (HARA) and Hanohano Awards trace their origins to 1978 and KCCN-AM Radio, then the world’s only all-Hawaiian music radio station.

Conceived as a radio station promotion by Krash Kealoha (Victor ‘?piopio), legendary deejay, program director and driving creative force behind KCCN-AM, in N? H?k? Hanohano (The Stars of Distinction), Kealoha envisioned a formal recognition and celebration of recorded musical excellence in Hawai‘i—so long ignored by mainland awards programs.

Kealoha—with the support of KCCN owner Sydney Grayson and Kealoha’s original deejay team including Kimo Kaho‘?no and Jacqueline “Skylark” Rossetti—launched the first N? H?k? Hanohano Awards presentation in 1978.

As no organized “academy of artists” yet existed among Hawaii ’s musicians—the role HARA would come to play —the earliest awards were determined by public vote.

 By 1982, N? H?k? Hanohano Awards evolved into an industry awards ceremony administered by recording professionals. The Hawai‘i Academy of Recording Arts was patterned after the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (also referred to as NARAS or the Recording Academy), which produces the Grammy Awards. Each year the Hawai‘i Academy produces a live television broadcast of the N? H?k? Hanohano Awards honoring the achievements of excellence in the recording arts. It has become the biggest annual entertainment event in Hawai‘i. Commercially available recordings created, produced, and/or engineered and primarily distributed in Hawai‘i are accepted for nomination.