[Music] of with the sounds of hab tonight Tonight is calling It's calling to you You can feel it inside Give it a try All [Music] right Grab your whole and the for your head cuz the music will make you move and shake And I'll be [Music] anonym with the sounds of Hawaii tonight Tonight it's calling It's calling to you You can feel it inside Give it a try All right [Music] Grab your whole uphe make you Move and shake and I'll meet and only a fair hoola fl with the sounds of Hawaii tonight Tonight is calling It's calling to you You can feel it inside Give it a try All right You can be the inside Give it a try All right Heaven Heaven [Music] heaven heaven [Music] The name Vala means to be um relaxed and to kind of be at ease But it also means to be so accustomed with something that you just feel comfortable feels right And so uh the former bass player and I were in a group uh previous to this one And uh we were playing at the Kanikapila Grill where Kikoa came in as a sub one day and it was just very easy playing with him The the harmonies kind of came into sync Um and it just was it felt like we've been playing for a long time that we were so accustomed to each other And so um we decided that we wanted to kind of pursue a group with him to see what the what would come out of it [Music] [Music] Hallelujah [Music] E [Music] oh come [Music] E [Music] ohoo [Music] Allah the hell [Music] Holy [Music] holy Fore fore fore [Music] [Music] i [Music] you knowchech He call [Music] [Music] [Music] me Lord [Music] [Music] Oh I'm Lord [Music] Oh so Hanay Mama was a song that I had wrote um for my mother Um she passed away in 2019 um from cancer I was a student at uh uh at the time and it just came to me as most of the songs do you know when when you're inspired to write a song it just out of the blue will come to you one day and so uh again I quickly wrote the words down and um you know came came up with a melody and we kind of birthed this song to describe the um generosity of my mom and and her um ability to really fight through some very hard times She loved to go with me to Hawaii Island to go pick lewa to make leo leu was her favorite flower So hanai uh means to care for and then lewa mamo is the yellow leu which was her favorite um lehua flower The chorus just kind of speaks about how her this love that she has for everybody just kind of spreads [Music] [Music] Allah for Allah knew Fore [Music] [Music] [Music] more [Music] [Music] ho my Oh Allah Oh Allah [Music] [Music] Oh no Oh hana [Music] [Music] Heaven Holy No we go [Music] [Music] [Music] Oh no [Music] Oh we are [Music] [Music] You know we call her [Music] He go [Music] [Music] Oh hana I [Music] au kallaya is the area that I was born uh that I was raised actually and kala is one of those aapua that most people don't know about I mean it's so small that like if you you have to look for the cow It's true Just you always go back to the cow If you if you are raised around that area from Kahalu to Wo you would know where Kalai is and you would know about that cow But the cow's not buried The cow is not there Yeah we know the cow went [Music] Where the mountains meet the sea [Music] The air is fragrant with the blossoms of a [Music] vine In the valley I can hear the trade wind say [Music] [Music] As I wander through the garden in a gentle passing rain Birds began to sing as the sun came out again in Ka where the mountains meet the sea All ever more I'll wear your lay of memory [Music] As I wander through the garden in a gentle passing rain birds began to sing as the sun came out again [Music] in where the mountains meet the sea [Music] Forever more I'll wear your lane of memory Forever more I'll wear your lame of memory I'll wear your memory [Music] being inspired by uh the people who have come before us and knowing that you can uh perpetuate the style and honor the legacy of those people is so important We wanted people listening to our music to kind of be transported back to old Hawaii and to feel like um feel comfortable and familiar with with the songs that we're playing and also make it good for dancers to dance as well You know a lot of the the music that was played back then that we're trying to emulate now came with an energy that everybody could dance to everybody could sway to you know and connect [Music] with Will you love me will you love me will you love me [Music] oh will you love me when my carburetor is busted will you love me when I cannot shift my gear will you love me when I need a new condenser and when my clutch begins to slip will you shed tears will you love me when my battery needs recharging will you love me when I cannot blow that old horn and when my connecting rod is bent I am more cent Will you love me mo will you love me will you love me when my [Music] Big [Music] boy [Music] sweet dance on [Music] me Shake down me [Music] He alle [Music] Sweet All [Music] know shake down [Music] Just for [Music] you as we go to o movie Coino cab [Music] driver just for you as we go Oh [Music] movie cab [Music] driver hey you love [Music] [Music] know who he [Music] The bus [Music] carburetor Do you love me but my wheel can grow [Music] It really is a privilege to to be able to be a part of this and I'm still I'm sitting here and I'm still in awe Yeah I'm grateful to you guys you know sharing stage with me Um but also to everyone before us that has you know opened up and paved the way for us No cool Who can he can he call he come Lord Oh no Not a co [Music] [Music] He [Music] [Music] come alone [Music] Oh no He can my [Music] ally No [Music] He k [Music] Oh we are hu [Music] [Music] in the can He [Music] [Music] go a in the cool again [Music] [Music] He tho [Music] Don't go co [Music] [Applause] [Music] This program was made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and by contributions to your PBS station from viewers like you Thank you