Award-winning Vocalist Amy Hānaiali‘i Hosts Akakū’s The Maui Daily, Maui’s Community-Based News Magazine Show
This Week on The Maui Daily
Akakū: Maui Community Television is honored to announce this week’s host for its news magazine program, The Maui Daily—and admittedly a little star struck. Three-time GRAMMY® nominee Amy Hānaiali‘i lent her voice and her face to this week’s half-hour program that airs daily on Akakū channel 54 at 7 p.m., midnight and 7 a.m.
Amy Hānaiali‘i hosted Akakū’s The Maui Daily and shared images and sounds from her new CD “Amy Hānaiali‘i Friends and Family of Hawaii”. Hānaiali‘i’s fans and viewers of The Maui Daily will be able to get a small taste of what to expect when she performs at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center’s Castle Theater on Sunday, Nov. 29 at 7:30 p.m.
“We are honored by Amy Hānaiali‘i’s support of our mission with her truly exceptional voice,” says Jay April, President/CEO of Akakū. “The Maui Daily is all about getting local community voices to tell the stories of local community events, happenings, news and activities.”
Raised on Maui, Hānaiali‘i’s career has ascended to great heights. With 10 albums under her belt, Hānaiali‘i remains Hawaii’s top-selling female vocalist having garnered significant attention for her talents, three Grammy nominations, 15 Nā Hōkū Hanohano awards, and placement on the World Billboard Charts—a first for an album written solely in the Hawaiian language.
“Amy also reveals during the show her involvement in Nā Mele O Maui—the Hawaiian song competition for school children—when she was six years old. We really connected with that because it’s an event that Akakū records and airs annually,” says Emily Sullivan, Director of Productions at Akakū. (Akakū sells DVDs of this competition as a fundraiser.) “Amy even sang one of her new songs for us in the studio. We use it to close out the show this week.”
This segment’s first air on Akakū Channel 54, was on Tuesday, Nov. 17 at 7 p.m. Repeat airings will continue through Monday, Nov. 23 at midnight, 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. The Maui Daily will also be available for online viewing at Akaku.org indefinitely.
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Akakū: Maui Community Television (Akakū) empowers the community’s voice through access to media. Akakū is a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation that airs content created by the community for the community. Community members on Maui, Moloka‘i, and Lana‘i are encouraged to submit programming to the station, create their own television shows and have their voices heard by fellow community members. For more information, please visit www.akaku.org.
Amy Hānaiali‘i recently released her latest album called “Amy Hanaiali‘i Friends & Family of Hawai‘i,” an album of duets which she will be performing with other talents at the MACC’s Castle Theater on Sunday, Nov. 29 at 7:30 p.m.
Today, after 10 albums, Hānaiali‘i remains Hawai‘i’s top-selling female vocalist. She has opened for such artists as Carlos Santana, Willie Nelson, Joe Cocker, Wayne Newton, Boz Scaggs, Earth, Wind and Fire and many more. Hānaiali‘i has toured extensively on the East and West coasts of America, Germany, China, Tahiti and she often frequents Japan, where she captivates and expands her fan base along the way.
Hānaiali‘i’s success as a recording artist speaks for itself and is evidenced by her numerous awards and acknowledgements including three GRAMMY® nominations for Best Hawaiian Music Album. Amy’s albums have also garnered 15 Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards (Hawai‘i’s equivalent to the GRAMMY®), including the prestigious Female Vocalist of the Year (4 times), Hawaiian Album of the Year (3 times), Song of the Year, Group of the Year, most recently Contemporary Album of the Year and even Christmas Album of the Year. Hānaiali‘i’s second album, “Hawaiian Tradition” placed her on the World Billboard Charts, a first for an album written solely in the Hawaiian Language. Amy is officially Hawai‘i’s Music Ambassador as proclaimed by Hawai‘i’s Governor Linda Lingle.
Amy Hānaiali‘i has come full circle back to her roots in Hawai‘i, with a new focus on tradition, culture and family. Raised on the Island of Maui in Hawai‘i, Hānaiali‘i attended Maui’s Henry Perrine Baldwin High School before she went on to the United States International University in San Diego, Calif. Today, she resides on the island of Moloka‘i with her daughter and her fiancé John Austin. In her “spare” time, Amy helps to run their shrimp farm.
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Akaku: Maui Community Television (Akaku) empowers the community's voice through access to media. Akaku is a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation that airs content created by the community for the community. Community members on Maui, Moloka'i, and Lana'i are encouraged to submit programming to the station, create their own television shows and have their voices heard by fellow community members.