
Chad Takatsugi
Special | 26m 16sVideo has Closed Captions
Chad Takatsugi has found his voice as a haku mele, a songwriter.
Chad Takatsugi has found his voice as a haku mele, a songwriter. While this isn’t his first Nā Mele – he performed on the program with his band ‘Ale‘a in 2003 – this performance, alongside guitarist Ryan Gonzalez and bassist Glenn Mayeda Jr., finds him in a new season of his life, with a different story to tell.
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Nā Mele is a local public television program presented by PBS Hawai'i

Chad Takatsugi
Special | 26m 16sVideo has Closed Captions
Chad Takatsugi has found his voice as a haku mele, a songwriter. While this isn’t his first Nā Mele – he performed on the program with his band ‘Ale‘a in 2003 – this performance, alongside guitarist Ryan Gonzalez and bassist Glenn Mayeda Jr., finds him in a new season of his life, with a different story to tell.
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Nā Mele is a local public television program presented by PBS Hawai'i