Slim's | Wed. September 30, 2009 - SOJA @ Slim's - 333 11th St., San Francisco, Ca 94103

Slim's | Wed. September 30, 2009 - SOJA @ Slim's - 333 11th St., San Francisco, Ca 94103

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Starry Plough 1.10.2008

So Kapakahi finally made it out to the East Bay last nite and played at the Starry Plough in Berkeley. The traffic over the bridge was the usual and the lingering fog seemed to slow it even more.

Starry Plough was much bigger than expected. They served food from burgers, sandwiches, to salads, and a wide variety of tap beer. The place even had a stage with a curtain backdrop with christmas tree lights hanging from the ceiling. Overall, it was a nice cozy environment.

Thanks to the Angry Philosophers for sharing the stage with us. They played mostly instrumentals and truly are of great talent being just a trio. There fans too were wonderful bobbing their heads to the beat and a few of them dancing.

Thanks to the Starry Plough for having us and hope we can return there soon. We're glad that more people showed up and hung out with us on such a cold foggy winter night. Hopefully, if we play there during the summer we can get more people out there. Nevertheless, we'll be back there for sure.

City Roots @ El Rincon, SF Jan. 4 | 08

To start off the New Year, Kapakahi got together with SF Reggae Kings, Native Elements. They started the nite off with true roots reggae that is such a blessing to hear in a city that harder hears it. I wonder what ever happened to Reggae in the Park?

It was a great nite with good vibes all over. Plus, the rain stopped. El Rincon is now our monthly party on the first Friday of every month hosted by Bayonics, Manicato, & Kapakahi. Thanks for some of them who came out to support it as well.

Look out folks because this place is sure to be the hotspot come summertime and we'll be featuring some great bands from all over the west coast.

Rickshaw Stop 12.29.07 Thanks

Giving thanks to everyone who made it out to the Rickshaw stop on Saturday, Dec. 292007. Luckily the rain stopped and the leak coming from above the stage was fixed with a plastic cup wedged between a pole and the ceiling.



Thanks to Dogman Joe for hookin' us up with the gig and the Pat Jordan Band & Jethro Jeremiah for bringing their own flavor of music to the bay.



We had a great time playing for you all and so glad to see some new faces. Much alohas to a few of you who bought us drinks and purchased our cds & t-shirts. Our bass player C-Jones even made an extra $20 after it was thrown to him getting off the stage by some lady. I hope to see this lady again.



This sure was a great way to end the 2007 year. Thanks again to all of you!

Take catchy pop hooks and hip-hop sensibilities, add a twist of reggae and some Latin beats, bend it together with some funk . . . it sounds like a recipe for confusion. In Hawaiian, there’s a phrase for this: Kapakahi, or twisted, bent, and confused. What better word is there to describe a band that takes all the above influences and fuses them together into something so booty-shakin' good it doesn't matter how you define it?

Kapakahi came together in April of 2005 when five musicians came together in a garage somewhere in the Mission district of San Francisco. Bringing together five different musical and geographical backgrounds, they eventually formed their unique sound. Now a four-piece act, Kapakahi have come a long way from their garage days, playing top-notch venues all over the Bay area and beyond.

One year after that first session in the Mission comes the national release of Kapakahi's appropriately titled debut, Twisted, Bent & Confused, 13 tracks of mind-blowing and irresistibly danceable grooves.