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Keali'i Reichel COLLECTION ONE Kamahiwa Click for larger image DISC ONE Maunaleo Hanohano Ka Lei Pikake Lei Hali'a Ipo Lei Momi Ka Nohona Pili Kai He Lei No Kamaile Hanohano 'O Maui Mele A Ka Pu' uwai Ku'u Pua Mae 'Ole* Toad Song Kawaipunahele* Kaiona* The Road That Never Ends *sample track (mp3) DISC TWO Mele Inoa No Kawaipunaheleopaliku* Maika'i Ka Oiwi O Ka'ala* Auhea Wale Ana 'Oe* Ka Opihi O Kanapou No Ka Moku Kia Kahi Ke Aloha Pule Ho'ao Ka Mo'o Ku'auhau O Kamaile Puhi Kane He Lei No Kamaile Lei Hana I Ka Makani Ua Lau'awa Aia I Waiehu Pua Lokelani Ho'i Au E Pili Me Ka'uiki *sample track (mp3) $19.00	Keali'i Reichel melelana Featuring Enhanced CD technology for PC/Windows® & Macintosh Click for larger image No Ka Moku Kiakahi Ke Aloha Mele A Ka Pu'uwai* Ipo Lei Momi (w/Pure Heart)* I Will Be Here Melelana Hanohano 'O Maui Maunaleo Lei Hinahina Pule Ho'ao The Road That Never Ends (w/Chant) E Ala E (love theme from "Lani Loa: This Passage")* *sample track (mp3) $16.00
	Keali'i Reichel Ke'alaokamaile Nominee 47th Grammy Awards, 2004 Album of the Year, Nã Hĩkũ Hanohano Awards Click for larger image Ka Mo'oku'auhau o Kamaile Puhi Kane He Lei No Kamaile (chant) Ka Nohona Pili Kai Fields of Gold Pupu A'o 'Ewa Mele 'Ohana* For The First Time* Na 'Ono O Ka 'Aina E Pili Mai* Kaiona Lahainaluna You Were There Lei Hana I Ka Makani Ualau'awa Ka Nohona Pili Kai (re-mix) Goodbye My Friend *sample track (mp3) $16.00
Keali'i Reichel Kawaipunahele Click for larger image Kawaipunahele In My Life* Hanohano Ka Lei Pikake* If We Hold on Together E Ho'i I Ka Pili Wanting Memories Kauanoeanuhea Ku'u Wehi O Ke Aumoe 'Akaka Falls Pua Mikinolia Come Sail Away* He Mele Inoa No Kawaipunahele *sample track (mp3) $16.00	Keali'i Reichel Lei Hali'a Click for larger image Lei Hali'a* Every Road Leads Back to You Kananaka Now and Forever / Sweet Memory* Ku'u Pua Mae'ole Can You Feel The Love Tonight Toad Song Tũnewanewa 'Oe Te He'u Mai Stay Maika'i Ka 'Õiwi o Ka 'ala* *sample track (mp3) $16.00
Keali'i Reichel E Õ Mai Click for larger image 'Auhea Wale Ana 'Oe E Õ Mai* My Love is a Natural Thing Pua Hĩnano* Patchwork Quilt Ka 'Ano'i Pua He Lei No Kamaile If I had Words (Theme from Babe) Mãlie's Song/Hawaiian Lullaby Nematoda Ballad of the Broken Word Sovereignty Song Ka 'Opihi O Kanapou* *sample track (mp3) $16.00	Keali'i Reichel Pride of Punahele Enhanced CD Windows® Compatible Click for larger image Kauanoeanuhea Hahani Mai Aia I Lahaina Toad Song* Lovely Hinahina Lei Lokelani E Ho'i I Ka Pili Haelã'au E O Mai* Pua Milo Lei Hali'a Radio Hula Kawaipunahele Don't Cry 'Oe *sample track (mp3) $16.00

(Adapted from an article by Wayne Harada, Entertainment Ed., The Honolulu Advertiser)

Keali'i Reichel is one of modern Hawaii's best-known singers and composers. He is also a chanter, a kumu hula (the head of a hula halau, or school) and an educator. He is an unlikely success story with a dark past and a bright turnaround...

At 24, he was convicted of grand theft. Instead of a prison term, he was ordered to do community service, which, in his case, turned out to be a quick study on Hawaiian culture that was to pave his future path. "I learned Hawaiiana with a brand-new kind of fervor," he said. "It was the turning point of my life."

In the humble beginnings of his music career, Keali'i and his hula halau baked cookies and sold them to raise money to fund his first recording. At 33, he knocked Madonna off the pop charts in Hawaii record sales with his debut CD, Kawaipunahele. He since has completed a second, Lei Hali'a, a third, E O Mai and a fourth, Pride of Punahele.

He has also had the distinction of headlining bi-coastal shows- a full-on Hawaiiana evening at Carnegie Hall in New York in July 1997, and a stint with the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles in August 1997.

Maui-born and raised, Keali'i Reichel's full name is Carleton Lewis Reichel with Keali'i, a shortened version of Keali' inaniaimokuokalani, which means "the handsome chief who rules over the heavenly lands." Of German-Hawaiian ancestry, Keali'i Reichel (pronounced, kay-ah-LEE-ee rye-SHELL) is a master chanter and founding director of Maui's Hawaiian Immersion language pre-school.

He lives the language he advocates through his music. "When I think of the fact that the (Hawaiian) language is on the verge of extinction, I find it a personal challenge to use the language on a daily basis," he said. He pointed out that his ancestors "chanted daily as a means of sharing knowledge and thoughts. It permeated their lives; it was as common as humming."

As a master chanter himself, Reichel often wears a malo (loincloth garment) or kihei (a cape fashioned from leaves), revealing a tattooed body. As a front-and-center singer these days, he'll usually forsake Hawaiian dress for a simple black T-shirt and jeans.

His voice and repertoire defy categorization. In one instance, he's very native Hawaiian, displaying a powerful chanting and singing voice, and delivering tunes and thoughts in his native tongue. In another moment, he's contemporary and pop, reinterpreting an Elton John or a Bette Midler or a Beatles' hit. His keen ear for something different has put him in the mainstream. One of his signature tunes, "Wanting Memories," was originally written and recorded by Sweet Honey in the Rock, the African-American woman's a capella ensemble, but the lyrics have a direct and special meaning to native Hawaiians on several levels.

His originally penned works, as well as that of many Hawaiian music lyricists, often include double-entendre meanings; hence, a love song like "Hanohano Lei Pikake" compares the love of two people to the grace and charms of the pikake blossom- a recurring tradition in Reichel's song bag.

Reichel recently signed a four-year distribution contract with Atlantic/Time Warner that could give Hawaiian music an unprecedented national and international boost, with potential marketing in Canada and Mexico. His additional contract with JVC Victor Entertainment in Japan opens up the Japan/Asia market as well.

Not since Don Ho signed with Reprise Records three decades ago has an Island performer been on the edge of stardom fueled by prolific Hawaiian-produced music. Ho's savior was the late composer, Kui Lee. Reichel writes some of his own music and records many tunes by Hawaiian language professor Puakea Nogelmeier.

Reichel has already made a name for himself and his ideals by producing the most popular selling albums in the history of Hawaiian music. With his diverse interests and talents, people in the Pacific, Japan, Europe and the United States' mainland are looking to him to bridge the gap between Hawaii and the world.