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Lito Arkangel Soars in Debut Album

Hawaiʻi Public Radio | By Derrick Malama

Published September 16, 2014 at 11:27 AM HST

LitoArkangel was born and raised in the sugar plantation town of Kea‘au on the island of Hawai‘i. He teaches at the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo when he’s not playing music. Lito's debut album is called “Me Ke Aloha” from Palm Records. He performed live in the HPR-2 studio on “Kanikapila Sunday” on September 14.

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