Raiatea Helm Explained

Birth Date:8 August 1984
Birth Place:O'ahu, Hawaii, U.S.
Genre:Hawaiian
Years Active:2000–present
Background:Person
Occupation:Vocalist

Raiatea Mokihana Maile Helm (born 8 August 1984) is a Hawaiian music vocalist from Molokaʻi, Hawaiʻi. She has earned four Na Hoku Hanohano awards, as well as two Grammy nominations for Best Hawaiian Music Album.[1]

Helm is best known for her Leo Kiʻekiʻe (Hawaiian falsetto). Helm started her music career when she was 16. At 18 she released her first album, Far Away Heaven, which was critically acclaimed and won her the Na Hoku Hanohano Female Vocalist of the Year Award and the Most Promising Artist Award.[2] Her second album, Sweet and Lovely, earned her four more Na Hoku Hanohano awards, as well as a Grammy nomination for Best Hawaiian Music Album at the 48th Grammy Awards, making Helm the first Hawaiian female vocalist nominated for a Grammy.[3] Her third album, Hawaiian Blossom, earned her further Na Hoku Hanohano awards, as well as a second Grammy nomination.[4] Her 2016 album, He Leo Huali, A Pure Voice, also won her a Na Hoku Hanohano Award.[5]

Helm has recorded with a number of other Hawaiian music artists, such as Keola Beamer, Genoa Keawe, and Kealiʻi Reichel.[6] She studied music at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

Raiatea Helm is a descendant of King Kamehameha I, thru Chiefess Keanolani, daughter of Abigail Maheha and Lot Kapuāiwa, who reigned as King of Hawaii from 1863 to 1872.[7] [8] [9] [10] She is the daughter of Zachary Helm[11] and Henrietta Helm, and the niece of Hawaiian musician and sovereignty activist, George Helm.[12]

Discography

NameFormatYearNotes
Far Away HeavenAlbum2002Na Hoku Hanohano Female Vocalist of the Year, Most Promising Artist
Sweet and LovelyAlbum2004Na Hoku Hanohano Female Vocalist of the Year / Favorite Entertainer of the Year. Grammy Nominee
Hawaiian BlossomAlbum2007Na Hoku Hanohano award winner / Grammy Nominee.[13]
Keola Beamer and RaiateaAlbum2010
Sea of LoveAlbum2011
Ave MariaSingle2013
Raiatea Live!DVD
He Leo Huali, A Pure VoiceAlbum2016Na Hoku Hanohano Female Vocalist of the Year / Engineered Album: Hawaiian award winners

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. News: Raiatea Helm. 2018-05-22. GRAMMY.com. 2018-06-15. en.
  2. Web site: Mountain Apple Company Raiatea Helm. mountainapplecompany.com. en-US. 2018-05-27.
  3. Web site: Na Hoku Hanohano Awards - Winners by Year. www.hawaiianmusichistory.com. 2018-05-27.
  4. Web site: Na Hoku Hanohano Past Winners. HAWAIIAN MUSIC LIVE. en-US. 2018-05-27.
  5. News: Hawaiian Music » He Leo Huali. Mele.com. 2018-05-27. en-US.
  6. Web site: Keeping The Tradition Alive Weekend Cover Story Midweek.com. Printing. Midweek. archives.midweek.com. 2018-05-27.
  7. Book: Ahlo . Charles . Johnson . Rubellite . Walker . Jerry . 2000 . Kamehameha's Children Today . N& 257; Mea Hawai& 699;i/Native Books . 9780996780308.
  8. News: Keawe. J. H.. He Kamehameha Oiaio Oia. Ka Nupepa Kuokoa. Honolulu. July 31, 1903. XLI. 31. 1. July 15, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180716060307/https://nupepa-hawaii.com/2017/03/12/samuela-kekuiapoiwa-1903/#more-33782. July 16, 2018. live. mdy-all.
  9. Web site: Genealogy of Wilma Healani Holi Submitted with testimony @ Special Board of Regents (University of Hawaii) meeting on Thursday 4/16/2015 @ UH-Hilo. April 16, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20221224193818/https://hawaii.edu/offices/bor/regular/testimony/201504161130/4-16-2015_Holi_TMT.pdf. December 24, 2022.
  10. News: Young Chiefess Dies Last Night. The Hawaiian Star. Honolulu. May 8, 1907. 8. July 16, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180716112053/https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015415/1907-05-08/ed-1/seq-8/. July 16, 2018. live. mdy-all.
  11. Web site: Resolution No. 05-112 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221228190407/https://www.mauicounty.gov/DocumentCenter/View/7798/Reso-05-112?bidId= . 2022-12-28 . December 28, 2022 . PDF.
  12. Web site: Keeping a Hawaiian legacy alive. Berger. John. May 17, 2002. archives.starbulletin.com. 2018-05-27.
  13. Web site: Hawaiian Blossom, Raiatea Helm Details - Welcome to the Islands. www.welcometotheislands.com. en. 2018-05-27.