
Legendary Hawaiian Band Kapena - Talk Story with Kelly Boy DeLima
08/13/20 • 47 min
Kapena, considered to be one of Hawaii’s premier island bands has more than 20 Island Music CD’s to their credit. Although the band has been through some changes, its founding member, Kelly Boy DeLima is still the bandleader.
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Kapena continues to be an institution that embraces what islanders fell in love with when fans first heard the unique sound of their “electrifying” Kapena music. In the early 2000’s, Kelly Boy introduced Hawaii to the next generation of Kapena, his three children—Kapena, Kalena and Lilo.
With the next generation came a new, fresh Kapena sound. Kelly Boy’s three children have gained success of their own, writing new original music and being nominated and winning multiple Na Hoku Hanohano awards.
-- Learn More: hawaiisbesttravel.com/episode38 --
Resources
- Kapena Facebook (Livestream Wednesdays and Sundays at 5 pm HST)
- Kapena YouTube (Livestream Wednesdays and Sundays at 5 pm HST)
- Kapena Instagram
- Kapena Website
- Hawaii’s Best Instagram
- Hawaii’s Best Podcast
- Bumper music, Ukulele and Chill, provided by Coby G
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This podcast is for travelers looking to plan a trip to Hawaii. Discover travel tips, itineraries, and traveling tips & hacks with guides to help you explore Hawaii. Whether you’re planning a vacation to the Hawaiian islands, dreaming of a Hawaiian getaway, or visiting Honolulu, Maui, Kauai, Oahu, or Big Island we’ll help you travel with aloha.
Kapena, considered to be one of Hawaii’s premier island bands has more than 20 Island Music CD’s to their credit. Although the band has been through some changes, its founding member, Kelly Boy DeLima is still the bandleader.
-- Learn More: hawaiisbesttravel.com/episode38 --
Kapena continues to be an institution that embraces what islanders fell in love with when fans first heard the unique sound of their “electrifying” Kapena music. In the early 2000’s, Kelly Boy introduced Hawaii to the next generation of Kapena, his three children—Kapena, Kalena and Lilo.
With the next generation came a new, fresh Kapena sound. Kelly Boy’s three children have gained success of their own, writing new original music and being nominated and winning multiple Na Hoku Hanohano awards.
-- Learn More: hawaiisbesttravel.com/episode38 --
Resources
- Kapena Facebook (Livestream Wednesdays and Sundays at 5 pm HST)
- Kapena YouTube (Livestream Wednesdays and Sundays at 5 pm HST)
- Kapena Instagram
- Kapena Website
- Hawaii’s Best Instagram
- Hawaii’s Best Podcast
- Bumper music, Ukulele and Chill, provided by Coby G
Show Some Aloha
- Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews help other people who love Hawaii find this podcast.
- Subscribe on iTunes.
🤙Show Aloha
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📲Connect
- Facebook Group
- Business Sponsor Inquiry (let's work together!)
⎯
This podcast is for travelers looking to plan a trip to Hawaii. Discover travel tips, itineraries, and traveling tips & hacks with guides to help you explore Hawaii. Whether you’re planning a vacation to the Hawaiian islands, dreaming of a Hawaiian getaway, or visiting Honolulu, Maui, Kauai, Oahu, or Big Island we’ll help you travel with aloha.
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Hawaii's Best: Travel Tips and Guides for Your Hawaii Vacation - Legendary Hawaiian Band Kapena - Talk Story with Kelly Boy DeLima
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I would enter the surf contest and on the brakes China asked me Hey Kelly, where can you get your ukulele in? No microphone setup would you would you mind jamming in between the you know, the sessions and stuff and it was oh shoot so I'll go surf my heat. And I come back under the banyan tree and start playing McClellan start singing and then I soon realized that singing was a thing I would get a little bit more further in like my ukule
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