HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Behind the sounds of Hawaiian music stand a rich history that’s being explored by a Hawaii nonprofit. Kealakai Center for Pacific Strings celebrates the role and the ...

Kala Koa Entertainment celebrates 17 years of bringing the biggest and brightest names in Hawaiian music to the mainland with the 2024 Southern California Slack Key Festival returning to the Redondo ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - You can now study Hawaiian music from none other than Raiatea Helm. The vocalist is part of the star-studded instructor line-up at Windward Community College’s Hawaiian ...

The demise of the Hawaiian Grammy was sewn into its birth. The problem began In 2005, when the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences awarded the first ever Grammy for Best Hawaiian Music ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Steel guitar music started on the island of Oahu — and teachers there are working with the next generation of students to continue ...

Flip through the local radio channels and it won’t be long until you hear a reggae song. The characteristic one drop drumming and offbeat-emphasized rhythm dominates popular music in the islands, and ...

What comes to mind when you think of Hawaii—grass skirts, ukulele music, natives feverishly distinguishing themselves from the tourists? Fortunately, laid-back barefoot guitarists don’t completely ...

For the past four years, Honolulu’s Kakaako district has hosted annual art festival Pow! Wow! Hawaii that invites artists from around the world to grace the scene with contemporary art, steadily ...

KELLI CRUZ IS a “doer.” She learned early on how to build things from her father, who was a carpenter, and create Hawaiian music from her mother, who was a hula dancer. “When I was 18, I picked up a ...