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Singer-songwriter Steven Sedalia releases debut album, shares journey from anxiety to alignment JASON BLASCO TGIFR!DAY

record more music,” Sedalia said, “the time I had invested in what I was doing when I first came to the island.” he groundwork for By fusing a mixture of muSteven Sedalia’s forthsical stylizations together and, coming studio album, “Mauna,” was constructed three finding his niche, Sedalia said “Mauna” and his musical blend years ago when he arrived on Kauai. were well-received by the Kauai The natural artistic community. landscape of the “The reception was amazisland was Seda- ing. I just did an album release lia’s inspiration for show for this album a few days his eclectic mixago and the response was ture of musical incredible,” Sedalia said. “My storyboards that expression has deepened, and Sedalia mixes moods of these islands make me feel adventure, romance, wonder, so alive, and I have so much the joy of abundance, and expression, emotions, desires exploration of love in an album and feelings.” that combines folk, rock and Musical sanctuary island roots.

The album’s title, “Mauna,” Sedalia has composed 60means “mountain” in Hawaiplus songs since arriving in the ian, and “silence” in Sanskrit, islands in 2016, and that effort and fittingly was written and became the precursor of his recorded on the North Shore of debut full-length album slated Kauai, with producer Andrew for a Wednesday, Oct. 2 digital Vastola, owner of Mauka View and physical worldwide release. Recording Studio, in Princeville.

“When I first came back to The result of his collaborathe islands I concentrated on tion with Vastola resulted in my resources, and learning Sedalia’s exponential growth how to live a sustainable way, and I was able to produce and SEE TRUTH, PAGE 3

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from his first offering, an EP titled “Words of the River,” an album designed to get Sedalia touring, and his name out there with other touring musicians and promoters.

Being raised in the mountains of North Carolina instilled in Sedalia a deep reverence for the land that is emergent in his songs. He lived for years on an organic fruits and vegetables farm on Kauai.

“I have always loved writing, but it wasn’t until my late teenage years that I discovered my profound love for songwriting,” he said. “However, I was afraid of sharing my words, and deathly afraid to sing in

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peaking about the album, Steven Sedalia says: “These are love songs to the land, to that which grows on it, to those who live on it, to my heart that beats with it, to the waters, and to the spirit who made us all, with aloha.”

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front of anyone, but I felt so called to share the songs that I knew I had to learn how to overcome the fear.

So I began to perform social stunts to intentionally embarrass myself in public, like howling in busy street sidewalks, or facing the opposite way in an elevator, or breaking out in chaotic

dance in busy college halls, all to teach my body how to stay calm in front of an audience.”

Not only did these self-therapy techniques encourage Sedalia’s calmness in front of crowds, but they changed his entire life.

“I now believe the ultimate tool to release anxiety, and what the final straw for me was, and continues to be, is to express myself in the most vulnerable way possible,” he said. “When my heart’s truth is sung and shared with the world, this action creates alignment, and tension dissolves.”

A labor of love Sedalia wants to create an album that is utilized as a coping mechanism for vast rigors and demands placed on us by our society, which he says is the breeding ground for anxiety and mental health problems.

“It’s reflective of my experience and that we take as human beings, and we all share experiences, similar feelings and lessons,” Sedalia said. “Those feelings are of love, truth, that come from deep despair, hope, bliss, ecstasy, devotion and pure love.”

The new collection of songs, which spread across a diverse scenery, opening with a haku mele (original composition written in the Hawaiian language) in “Polikua,” to a blues-roots-earth anthem in “Children of the

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ome of Bob Marley’s original Wailers will perform live Sunday at

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Doors open at 5 p.m.

Bob Marley and the Wailers is considered by many the expanders of reggae music way beyond the shores of Jamaica.

Their worldwide popularity helped spread the genre.

Tickets may be available at the door. They are available online at bampproject.com, and are $35 in advance, $40 at the door.

Land,” a banjo foot stomper in “Mountain Woman,” wispy flutes in between layered vocal harmonies in “Listen,” some Sanskrit chanting in “Amaya,” and a love song reminiscent of Rumi’s poetry

in the closing track “In Your Love.”

The melting pot of musical influence on Sedalia’s “Mauna” album reflects the beauty of the islands, he said.

“The island loves to be

sung to, and it shelters us, and we give her songs,” Sedalia said.

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KAUAI FOLK FESTIVAL COMES TO GROVE FARM MUSEUM THIS WEEKEND Nonstop music on five stages, jam sessions, instruction, food and drink, more TGIFR!DAY

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he 2019 Kauai Folk Festival celebrates two days of folk music, dance, food, drink and craft, featuring multiple Grammy-winning artists, and more than a dozen international acts on five stages this Saturday and Sunday.

Held at the historic Grove Farm Museum, the Kauai Folk Festival blends traditional music and dance from all over the world with its Hawaiian counterpart in a stunning setting.

Inspired by the 19th-century royal Hawaiian courts that encouraged musical collaborations across cultures and genres, the Kauai Folk Festival will showcase the heavy influence Hawaiian music has had on nearly every genre of popular American music.

“With a full lineup of over 30 performers, the festival will bring together Hawaiian and North American traditions like never before,” said a press release.

“The goal of the Kauai Folk Festival,” festival director Matt Morelock said, “is to introduce Hawaiian artists and Hawaiian music fans to a broad diversity of North American roots music, and also to introduce these mainland musicians to their Hawaiian counterparts.”

There’s never been an event of this scale with this mission in Hawaii, he said.

“We hope to encourage further fusion and influence at this beautiful site with some of the greatest musicians alive today,” Morelock added.

It’s known that Hawaiian artists popularized the steel and slide

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Peter Rowan brings his bluegrass stylings to this weekend’s Kauai Folk Festival.

The lineup includes: Taj Mahal, Peter Rowan, and Tim O’Brien, Caleb Klauder, Reeb Willms, Austin Derryberry and Jonny Fritz, local Hawaii players Puka Asing, Kirby Keough and Wally Rita’s Los Kauaianos, along with an eclectic mix of acts like local bluesman Vic the Barber, African rhumba band Boma Bango, and French folk duo The Montvales.

Hawaiian reggae musician Sashamon will be backing up Molokai singer uncle Isaac Kamaile Jr. on old-school Hawaiian country songs. Ukulele player and singer Courtesy tajblues.com Asing grew up with cousin Israel Taj Mahal headlines this weekend’s Kauai Folk Festival at Grove Farm Muse“Bruddah Iz” Kamakawiwo‘ole in um, along with local musicians known as his Hula Blues Band. one of the legendary families of Hawaiian music. music has been so infl uential. ” guitar in the early 1900s, changing Hawaiian slack-key and steel guiThis is a lesson that festival blues and country music forever, tar will be represented by Na Opihi headliners Taj Mahal and Peter but Morelock points to other with Pancho Graham and Kirby Rowan both know well. Taj Mahal influences these roving Hawaiian Keough and Norman De Costa and has redefined American music as bands had in the days of VaudeMeles of Molokai. one of the world’s greatest blues ville.

Rowan is widely known as one “We’re finding that certain styles singers, but for over 20 years he of harmony singing, certain chord lived on the island of Kauai, where of the heroes of bluegrass music, as one of Bill Monroe’s Bluegrass he formed the Hula Blues Band. progressions and certain rhythms He’s recorded a number of albums Boys, as a member of countless that existed in early Hawaiian of Hawaiian music since then, and legendary stringband ensembles, music quite possibly did not exist and as a captivating solo performwill be appearing as Taj Mahal’s in a lot of American music before er. He was a longtime bandmate of people were exposed to traveling Hula Blues Band at the festival to The Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia. celebrate his love for the music.

Hawaiian musicians,” he said. “The His 2017 album “My Aloha!”

Continuous live music will be festival wants to show through exdemonstrated how Hawaiian steel performed on multiple stages. amples and stories how Hawaiian

guitar and ukulele (and the styles in which they were played) were an influence on foundational bluegrass, folk and country artists like Monroe and many others. Rowan will be bringing his My Aloha Bluegrass Band to the festival.

With five stages running continuously, Morelock sees the Kauai Folk Festival as a kind of “Island Opry,” inspired by his work programming variety shows for broadcast.

He’s packed the festival with his own discoveries, like Tennessee stringband Uncle Shuffelo and His Haint Hollow Hootenanny; E. Texas Creole fiddler Ed Poullard, whose music predates Cajun Zydeco; Mike Bub, who Morelock sees as the best living bluegrass bassist, and historic Hawaii music researcher and local hero Kilin Reece.

“Kauai Folk” workshops are a key addition to the festival format.

Performers will share in workshops on guitar, fiddle, banjo, ukulele and mandolin. Dance instructors will teach hula, square dance, swing and two-step.

Voice instructors will teach harmony singing, ballads and Hawaiian song. Jam stations and SEE FOLK, PAGE 5

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GUITAR CZAR JOEL PATERSON RULES IN RETRO BEATLES ODE LINDSEY TANNER ASSOCIATED PRESS

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lose your eyes, picture Chet Atkins pulling up a bar stool on the beach at Waikiki and coolly plucking out a surfy rendition of Paul McCartney’s iconic “Michelle.”

That’s just one of the sounds Chicago-based guitar wizard Joel Paterson conjures up on his new instrumental collection of 16 classic

Beatles’ songs. “Let it Be Guitar!” showcases Paterson’s signature, self-assured retro style, filled with flourishes of vintage rock, jazz, country and blues.

The reverb-heavy trills and twangs of Paterson’s “This Boy” perfectly echo the longing of a jilted boyfriend.

The jazzy plucking on “Honey Pie” creates a jauntier feeling.

Fans who’ve watched Paterson perform live know his mastery comes straight-faced.

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loaner instruments will be available. Attendees are encouraged to bring instruments.

The artists will teach throughout the weekend, and there will be ample space for jamming and picking parties, a favorite activity for both Hawaiian

here by a trio of The emotion ••• equally stellar comes from his MUSIC REVIEW Chicago-based nimble fingers, musicians and picking, plucksometimes bandmates: ing and strumming Beau Sample on bass, to evoke ethos and a Alex Hall on drums and mid-century mood. organist Chris Foreman.

On the mod and The tracks cover swoony “If I Fell,” the some of the Fab Four’s playful undertones almost make you want most iconic records, including “Abbey Road,” to blurt out “cha, cha, ‘’A Hard Day’s Night,” cha.” ‘’Rubber Soul” and the Paterson is a titan in “White Album,” but Chicago’s roots music oddly — given the title scene and has toured in Europe but deserves choice — not “Let it Be.” Be assured that Paterbroader attention. son has a reason.

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and mainland musicians.

On Sunday, the festival will kick off with an OldTime/Hawaiian Gospel Singing sacred set with songs selected from the Rural American and old Hawaiian hymnals, featuring festival performers and several local congregations.

Food and drink will be offered by Kauai Juice Co, Ya Quddus Bagels, Po‘okela Sausage, Uncle D’s Vegan

BBQ, and local brewers and distillers.

Tickets for the Kauai Folk Festival are available in daily passes for $60, weekend passes for $100, and VIP passes for $300 each, and offer full access to all stage performances, workshops and parking.

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SMITH’S STORY: A DOCTOR’S MISSION AND LIFE IN HAWAII Evelyn E. Cook, is definitely one of those books.

Covering the life of the idealistic missionary doctor Kauai Museum at any time gives testament to this fact! James W. Smith and his descendants, we are brought And it is always a subject immediately into 1842 Kauai, of interest, to visitors and where he served as the only residents alike. So any time Western-trained physician there are books that come on the entire island. Kauai out dealing with the past YURIKO AND ED JUSTUS back then was certainly very people and events of the SPECIAL TO TGIFR!DAY different than we know it Garden Island, our bookstore is sure to feature them today, with a population of approximately 5,000 people, because there is always he neat thing about and the swiftest transportademand for it.

Kauai history is that Packed full of historic, “100 Years of Healing: The tion method wasn’t by the there is so much to black-and-white photoLegacy of a Kauai Missionary road — it was by outrigger explore. Walking through canoe! graphs, the book gives us Doctor,” written by the late the amazing halls of the ••• BOOK REVIEW

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a broad look at the life’s experiences of this historic personality on Kauai.

Additionally, it is fascinating to look at imagery of Kauai from times long ago. (Who knew there used to be a Waimea Wine Company, even?)

“100 Years” also takes us into the era of the overthrow of the Hawaiian kingdom, and interestingly the involvement of one of Smiths in this act. Interestingly, Smith also had direct, even important, connections to the Hawaiian monarchy both before and

after the event as well, in unexpected ways!

“100 Years of Healing” is definitely worth a read, whether you have a causal or dedicated interest in history. This book is a great reminder of how much can be affected by the life of one person.

••• Ed Justus is the owner of Talk Story Bookstore in Hanapepe. Ed and Yuriko Justus are residents of Kalaheo. Talk Story Bookstore is open daily. Info: talkstorybookstore.com

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the mists ••• of island BOOK REVIEW utual Publishing has forests, in the history of our oldest published “Meplaces, and at the very edge nehune Mystery,” written by veteran journalist of our vision.

But Menehune are far Jan TenBruggencate. Genermore than a fairy tale, and ations of Hawaii’s residents there is ample evidence that have been raised on stories the tradition has changed about the Menehune as magical and mischievous lit- dramatically over time. tle people, living primarily in Across 30 years of research,

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journalist and historian TenBruggencate has tracked down the Menehune tale’s many tendrils.

Today’s Menehune stories are drawn from separate traditions — the Menehune of Oahu, the Melehuna of Kauai, and tales from other Pacific islands. The Menehune of the earliest stories in the earliest traditions are

very different from those we recognize today.

“Menehune Mystery” is a retelling of favorite narratives: The ‘Alekoko fishpond, the Kiki-a-Ola aqueduct, Laka’s canoe, the wizard Kahano-a-newa and Ku-leonui, and Kamapua‘a’s house, among others.

It is also a forensic analysis of the myth’s trajectory. Were

Menehune the ancestors of Hawaii’s people? Did the famous Wainiha Menehune census actually take place?

Which storytellers carried the stories forward faithfully?

Who were the narrators who twisted the tale to suit their own objectives? And what evidence exists that little people might once have existed in Polynesia?

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f you need something to hold you over between the Mister Rogers documentary and the upcoming biopic starring Tom Hanks, a new coffee-table book of his quotes is now in bookstores.

“Everything I Need to Know I Learned from Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” is small and short, with the cover featuring his signature red cardigan; an easy pick-me-up when the mood strikes to read wisdom in Mister Rogers’ voice.

“Mister Rogers was always focused on children, but his words are just as

important and meaningful to adults,” writes Wagner, who also wrote “The Mister Rogers Parenting Book.”

Some quotes have added resonance for these times. In an era of hype, Rogers counsels: “You don’t have to do anything sensational for people to love you.”To anyone in despair about what surrounds them:

“The more you ••• BOOK REVIEW grow into a helpful person yourself, the happier you’ll find this world of ours is.”Wagner cites several instances of Rogers leading by example. He encouraged people to not let the fear of making mistakes stop them from trying something new:

“We watched him laughing and smiling as he awkwardly mixed up dance moves with Ella Jenkins, dropped balls while juggling, and tried to use a Hula-Hoop.” By feeding his fish every episode, “he helped us see the importance of being consistent in our care — in caring for others who rely on us, and in caring for ourselves.”

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he Grove Farm Museum in Lihue and the Waioli Mission House in Hanalei hosted free Ohana Days in conjunction with the Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day. Guests were treated to self-guided tours marked by special designation on the provided map of the Grove Farm Museum grounds, while at the Waioli Mission House, patrons were provided guided tours.

Did you ever see a kauri tree?

“George Wilcox got seeds from this tree during a trip he made to New Zealand,” the docent explained. “When he got home, someone tossed the seeds out his window, which is why the trees are growing so close to where his bedroom was. We don’t really know how old the trees are, but George passed in 1933, and the trees are still growing.”

Guests were treated to simple water games, the gift shop was open, and a small food booth was set out under the canopy of the kamani tree with offerings of fresh produce, including avocado, cookies baked in the wood-fired stove and oven, hot dogs and cold, non-alcoholic beverages.

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A YETI PROMPTS A CHINA TRAVELOGUE IN ‘ABOMINABLE’ JAKE COYLE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ant Buddha in Sichuan. The animation is bright and lively, with some enchanting set-pieces. Everest, they learn, is just a big puppy — like a bominable” (two stars cartoon cousin to DreamWorks’ dogout of four) is just about like dragon, Toothless.

He also has powers. With a low ••• hum, Everest can spur gargantuan the most MOVIE REVIEW growth around him: a dandelion cuddly piece turns into an enormous floating of East-West ride, blueberries grow bigger than synergy a corporation could dream up. watermelons. The journey, too, takes The first co-production between on healing properties for Yi, whose beautiful violin playing — a hobby DreamWorks Animation and the gleaned from her father — only Shanghai-based Pearl Studios (foradds to the uplifting quest. merly known as Oriental DreamWorks), “Abominable” is a rare “Abominable” is sweet and simple kind of creature but the sort we’re enough, but its emotionality always likely to see more and more of in feels thin and, like much of the film, movie theaters. The Chinese box DreamWorks Animation LLC via AP paint by numbers. (Coldplay’s “Fix office will soon overtake the North From left, Peng, voiced by Albert Tsai, Everest the Yeti, Yi, voiced by Chloe Bennet, and Jin, voiced by Tenzing Nor- You” fits right in.) If I’m being hard gay Trainor, talk story in a scene from “Abominable,” in some theaters today.

America as the globe’s top movie on a mostly charming kids movie, a couple of neighboring pals — Jin it’s because it feels tantalizing close market, inevitably reorienting big- rooftop of her Shanghai apartment (Eddie Izzard).

(Tenzing Norgay Trainor, whose Lured by a billboard for Mt. screen entertainment. to being something special. Yi, as building, is so safe, so risk-free, so grandfather Tenzing Norgay sumEverest, he hides himself on nearby affectionately voiced by Bennet, is a bland, that its business imperatives There’s nothing wrong with aimmited Everest with Edmund Hillary) rooftop.

He’s soon found by Yi fabulously plucky heroine. And the are never just off-screen. ing for moviegoers on each side of and Peng (Albert Tsai) — take off (Chloe Bennet), a “self-proclaimed (unfortunate) novelty of a major aniWriter-director Jill Culton (a the globe. For Hollywood prowith the yeti they nickname Everest, loner” teenager living below with writer on “Monsters, Inc. ” and ductions of a certain budget, it’s mated release centered completely her mother (Michelle Wong) and her with pursuers close behind (includ- on Asian characters, in an Asian long been considered a necessity. director of “Open Season”), who ing a red-haired zoologist voiced diminutive but fiery grandmother co-directed “Abominable” with And, of course, the intermingling setting, is something to celebrate.

(Tsai Chin). Since losing her father, Yi by Sarah Paulson), as they try to get Unfortunately, “Abominable” still Todd Wilderman, opens her film, of cultures — like in Lulu Wang’s their furry friend back to his home in ends up feeling too familiar. has thrown herself into an assortlovely and heartfelt “The Farewell,” like the Humphry Bogart thriller the Himalayas.

“Dark Passage,” with an escape shot ment of unpleasant jobs, trying to released earlier this year — often “Abominable,” a Universal Studios A travelogue of China follows, save money to make the trip across from a first-person perspective. A fuels brilliant, border-straddling release, is rated PG by the Motion young yeti — picture a giant, furry China she and her dad talked about. with the gang briskly journeying be- Picture Association of America for tales.

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Maltese — gets loose from the But “Abominable,” about a from the Gobi Desert to Leshan Gi- Running time: 104 minutes. fleeting.

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