This year’s theme, “E Paepae Hou,” is a reminder of the first stones laid — the foundation of the voices, oli, stories and ...

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 ...

The story of Hawaiian Paniolo cowboys and how slack key guitar music preserves their cultural heritage.

The 2024-2025 season is offering discerning fans of ballet, opera, chamber music, contemporary dance and the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra many delights to chose from. The calendar includes performances ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - It's been just a few weeks since the Grammys announced it was dropping the Hawaiian Music category. And now, the Hawaii Academy of Recording Arts is getting ready to ...

SEN Music Studios founder, president and instructor Gary Shimabukuro at his studio, on Aug. 26. And so, as of 2024, Shimabukuro has been teaching — voice, keyboards, songwriting and music theory — to ...

In tandem with the PBS film Kumu Hina, we created this Spotify playlist compiling some of the greatest Hawaiian music, from Hula to slack guitar, ukulele, and beyond. And yes, we also couldn’t resist ...

Henry Kapono Kaaihue was already a well-known performer, with decades on stage and dozens of best selling CDs, when he met his wife-to-be, Lezlee. She was a successful, trained-on-the-job stockbroker ...

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 ...