Its frisky four strings are the sound of Elvis’s ‘Blue Hawaii,’ of Tiny Tim tiptoeing through the tulips and lately, beyond all reason, of a popular ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ cover. Above all, the humble ...

Quincy Cortez plucks at a slim black box laid across his legs, his fingers flashing silver. Steel strings twang with each pull from the metal rings — wearable guitar picks — adorning his right thumb, ...

HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - A dozen guitars belonging to late Hawaiian slack key master Cyril Pahinui have been stolen, and his wife wants them returned, no questions asked. The guitars were in ...

Musical performances, dancing demonstrations, ukulele instruction and food is all part of celebrating the Pacific Islands at Experience Polynesia May 14 and 15 at the Musical Instrument Museum in ...

When Alan Akaka was growing up, a young musician in his teens and 20s in Honolulu, he played steel guitar with some of the top names in Hawaiian music. When they spoke, he listened: Genoa Keawe: ...

HONOLULU (AP) - The Office of Hawaiian Affairs is replacing musical instruments stolen from a school that many Native Hawaiian children attend. OHA officials visited Stevenson Middle School Thursday ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - There’s something distinctly different about Mika Kane’s ukulele artistry. In his hands the four-stringed instrument takes on a different vibe. “I like to think my style is ...

Musician Eddie Kamae, credited as a pioneer of the resurgence of Hawaiian music, died Saturday on Oahu at age 89. A singer, arranger, composer and film producer, Kamae rose to prominence in 1948 as a ...

New or gently used musical instruments will be collected at a drive-thru event at Ala Wai Elementary School on Saturday morning for distribution to needy schools and students. The event is sponsored ...

Seventeen-year-old high school student Kalyn Aolani has been singing traditional Hawaiian music and playing the ukulele since age 12. What started as a hobby has grown into a thriving musical career ...

Solo artists Robert Cazimero and Kuana Torres Kahele became a duo after the pandemic hit. You can hear them Oct. 9 in Edmonds. Robert Cazimero and Kuana Torres Kahele are solo artists, but COVID-19 ...