Alumni Show 8.11.18

Hour 1

J.J. Johnson - Coffee Pot
Yusef Lateef - All Alone
Jack McDuff - Smut
Horace Silver - Home Cookin'
Billie Holiday - Falling in Love Again
Mary Lou Williams - Chunka Lunka
Ella Fitzgerald - How Long Has This Been Going On?
Etta James - W-O-M-A-N
Dakota Staton - Say It Ain't So, Joe
Julie London - I'm in the Mood for Love
Dinah Washington - Destination Moon
Marlena Shaw  - Save the Children
Nina Simone - Ain't Got No, I Got Life

Hour 2

Cal Tjader - Bang Bang
Astrud Gilberto - Tristeza
Rosa Passos - É Luxo Só
Kaori Kumi - Kami Ga Yuriteiru
Skorpio - Te Toca Tocar La Tumba
Mulatu Astatke - Emnete
Fela Kuti - Sorrow Tears and Blood
William Onyeabor - Better Change Your Mind
Amadou and Mariam - Ce N'est Pas Bon

Hour 3

Aretha Franklin - One Step Ahead
Stevie Wonder - Evil
Curtis Harding - Need Your Love
Kamasi Washington - Street Fighter Mas
Tom Misch & De La Soul - It Runs Through Me
Meshell Ndegeocello - Either Way I Lose (Nina Simone Cover)
J.P. Bimeni - I Miss You
Rhye - Song for You
Zeshan B - Cryin' in the Streets (George Perkins cover)
Cooley Savant - Climate Change
ODESZA & Leon Bridges - Across the Room
Daniel Cesar & H.E.R. - Best Part
Farnell Newton - Lo Fi and Chill

The Alumni Show 2-24-18

HOUR 1

KENNY BURRELL - Body and Soul
DAVID MCCALLUM -  The Edge
LOU DONALDSON - Alligator Bogaloo
GRANT GREEN - Sookie Sookie
HAZEL SCOTT - 'Round Midnight
BILLIE HOLIDAY - Strange Fruit
JULIE LONDON - I'm in the Mood for Love
EARTHA KITT -C'est Si Bon
NINA SIMONE - Feeling Good
SONYA O'MALLEY - Walk on By
MADELEINE PEYROUX - La Javanaise

HOUR 2

STAN GETZ- Saudade Vem Correndo
NATALIA LAFOURCADE - Soledad y el Mar
EBO TAYLOR - Heaven
WILLIAM ONYEABOR - Shame
MULATU ASTATKE - Emnete
*Inteview with Alika Maikau Check out www.facebook.com/maukatomakaifilm Instagram: @maukatomakai for more info*
NOELANI CYPRIANO - Lihue

HOUR 3

SOLOMON BURKE- Can't Nobody Love You
IRMA THOMAS -  Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand)
THE METERS - Love is for Me
CANDI STATON - Do Your Duty
THE SOFTONES - My Dream
TEDDY PENDERGRASS - Somebody Who Loves You Back
HIATUS KAIYOTE, Q TIP -  Nakamarra
DE LA SOUL & LITTLE DRAGON - Drawn
BREAKS AND SWELLS - Strung Up
TWIN TEMPLE - Girl Trouble
HOLOSCENE - Redbone (Childish Gambino cover)
JOEY PECORARO -  Naps
MOODS - Love is Real

The Alumni Show 4/15/2017 3 to 6 pm

The Garden with Michelle La Belle, Alumni Show Edition 3 to 6 pm HST

3:00 pm Traditional Jazz, Jump Blues (in the past also played  Big Band, Crooners, and Torch Songs during this segment)

Sidney Bechet--Summertime
Jack McDuff, Joey DeFrancesco-- The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
The Toppers-- I Love to Play the Piano (Let Me Bang Your Box)
 Louis Jordan-- Saturday Night Fish Fry
The Swallows--It Ain't the Meat
Oscar Peterson-- Night Train
Dave Brubeck Quartet-- Take Five
Charles Earland-- Here Comes Charlie
John Coltrane-- Come Rain or Shine

4:00 PM Global Power Hour! (Formerly Known as Latin/Afro Power Hour because I've used jazz/funk/soul from around the world in previous shows as well)

Astrud Gilberto--  Goodbye Sadness (Tristeza)
Tito Puente--  Cha Cha Cha
Chico Alvarez--La Clave Maraca Y Guiro
Celestine Ukwu-- Obialu Be Onye Abiagbunia Okwukwe


SURF REPORT www.surfnewsnetwork.com
BED: Men in Grey Suits: Aquaria

Ngaiire--Once

4:30 PM Interview with Donna Blanchard, managing director of Kumu Kahua Theatre and director of "P****" by Kiki f/Victor Rodger. Part of a double bill of comedic one act plays about the non-heterosexual experience from a Polynesian perspective. More info at www.kumukahua.org

MUSIC BED: Ebo Taylor, Pat Thomas, Henrik Schwarz- Eye Nyam Nam'A'Mensuro (Henrik Schwarz Blend)
Janelle Monae & Erykah Badu-- Q.U.E.E.N.

5:00 PM Soul, Funk, R & B, Jazz Hip Hop, Punk Jazz

Labi Siffre--I Got The... (Eminem-- The Real Slim Shady)
LaFayette Afro Rock Band--Darkest Light (Wreckx-n-Effect-- Rump Shaker)
The Charmels-- As Long As I've Got You
(Wu Tang Clan--C.R.E.A.M)
Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammed, Method Man-- Bulletproof Love (Luke Cage Soundtrack)
Sia, Queen Latifah (f. Miguel) Hamilton Mixtape-- Satisfied
Lord Huron-- The Night We Met
Nicole Willis and the Soul Investigators-- If This Ain't Love (Don't  Know What it Is)
Han Han-- World Gong Crazy f/Datu (music video) English translation (scroll to bottom of page)
Youngblood Brass Band-- Nuclear Summer
The Liberators-- Liberation f. Afro  Moses

Michelle LaBelle lives on!

Howdy, folks.

So for the past year, I've been involved with a local show called "Almost Local". It has sketch comedy based on stand up by Fernando Pacheco, interviews with local businesses, and features local music. I'm the announcer and I appear as bookends for the show.

"Almost Local" airs every Wednesday at 6:00 pm. New episodes air every second Wednesday of the month. Reruns are on Thursdays at 12:00 am and 10:00 pm, Fridays at 4:00 am, Saturdays at 12:00 pm, and Mondays 3:00 pm. All times are Hawaiian Standard Time. Occasionally the show is pre-empted for local sports, and that's totally fine because there are many opportunities to watch! The show is also available online. Check it out here! Almost Local OC 16 TV 

Enjoy!

Fernando Pacheco and Michelle LaBelle.  This is a screen grab from one of the show's on air promos, courtesy of the @almostlocaltv Instagram.

Keep Frolicking,
Michelle LaBelle

New project!

Aloha, folks! I hope you are all doing well. It's been a while since I've updated, but I wanted to let you folks know what I've been up to.

I'm part of a soul and funk cover band project called The Barbarellas. This has been in the works for a little while. In fact, Tyson, our drummer, gave me a bunch of songs to possibly cover and some of them have made their way into Michelle LaBelle's playlist in the Garden. I spent some of that time singing along and dancing around.

We are playing our first show on Saturday, June 15 at the Mercury Bar. DJs Dougie and Rudeboy Suede will be spinning and live music will be by The Barbarellas and Soul Revival Sound System.

I do miss being on the air, but I might try to do an alumni show sometime.

If you are interested, you can check out The Barbarellas Facebook page.

Keep on dancing!!!

<3

31 December 2012 Last Show, Everrrrrrrrrrr

9:00 AM

Odetta--Oh, My Baby
Louis Jordan-- Mama, Mama Blues (Rusty Dusty Blues)
Big Mama Thornton-- Hard Times
Lee Morgan-- The Sidewinder
George Benson Cookbook-- The Cooker
Horace Silver-- Filthy McNasty
Bill Doggett-- 'Deed I Do
Jack McDuff-- Whap!
Groove Holmes-- Finger-Lickin' Good
Jimmy McGriff-- All About My Girl

10:00 AM Latin-Afro Power Hour!!!!!!!!!!!

George Shearing-- Samba da Borboleta (Butterfly Samba)
Stan Getz--Melancolico (Melancholy)
Astrud Gilberto-- Tristeza
Joao Gilberto-- Samba da Minha Terra
Antonio Carlos Jobim-- Favela
Sergio Mendes-- O Mar E Meu Chao (The Sea is My Soil)
Cal Tjader-- Samba do Suenho

10:30 AM

Mulatu Astatke-- Emnete
Fela Kuti-- Lover
Ebo Taylor-- Nga Nga
Mercury Dance Band-- Envy No Good
Mono Mono-- Make Them Realise
The Liberators-- Liberation featuring Afro Moses

11:00 AM

Bernhoft-- C'Mon Talk
Adrian Younge Presents the Delfonics-- Stop and Look (And You Found Love)
Fitz and the Tantrums-- Don't  Gotta Work it Out
NickWaterhouse-- If You Want Trouble
(N)Menahan Street Band-- "Everyday a Dream" _The Crossing_ (Daptone)
Lee Fields--You're the Kind of Girl
The Bamboos-- Now That You're Mine (featuring Kylie Auldist)
Mayer Hawthorne-- A Long  Time (Sugar Rod D Mix)
Public Opinion Afro Orchestra-- How Long it Go Take (Mr Moonshine Dub)
Owiny Sigoma Band-- Doyoi Nyajo Nam (Quantic Dub)
Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt--What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?
Julie London-- Adios

24 December 2012 *2nd to the Last Show*

9:00 AM

Ramsey Lewis Trio-- Here Comes Santa Claus
Vince Guaraldi Trio-- Skating
Louis Armstrong & the Benny Goodman Orchestra-- Christmas in New Orleans
Ella Fitzgerald-- Good Morning Blues
Dexter Gordon-- The Christmas Song
Ahmad Jamal-- Snowfall
Sonny Rollins-- Decision
Clifford Brown and the Max Roach Quintet-- Cherokee
Lee Morgan-- Speedball
Eric Dolphy-- Out to Lunch
Freddie Hubbard-- Happy Times

10:00 AM Latin-Afro Power Hour!!!!!

Machito with Cannonball Adderly-- Congo Mulence
Ivan Lins-- O Passarinho Cantou
Tito Puente & His Orchestra-- Apreita el Pollo
The Brian Lynch Eddie Palmieri Project-- Guarjira Dubois
Pocho Sanchez-- El Sabroson
Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers-- Milestones

10:30 AM

Rail Band-- Wale Numa Lombaliya
Victor Uwaifo-- Guitar Boy
Ebo Taylor-- Yaa Amponsah

11:00 AM

King Floyd-- Groove Me Baby
Candi Staton-- That's How Strong My Love is
Bob & Gene-- Lonely Nights
Barbara Lynn-- Oh Baby (We Got a Good Thing Goin' On)
Lou Rawls-- You've Made Me So Very Happy
The Temptations-- Just My Imagination
Donny Hathaway-- I Believe to My Soul
Bettye LaVette--Love Made a Fool of Me
Al Green-- Simply Beautiful
The Staple Singers-- I"ll Take You There
Bobby Byrd-- Signed, Sealed & Delivered
Carla Thomas & Otis Redding-- Knock on Wood
The Impressions-- People Get Ready
Sam Cooke-- A Change is Gonna Come
Otis Redding-- Merry Christmas, Baby