Origins: “My family was musical, and we grew up playing country and bluegrass and folk music, and I was interested in taking apart instruments,” KiLin Reece says about growing up in Bonny Doon, ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - These aren’t ordinary string instruments. New instruments that were recently brought to Hawaii are made of fiber from flax plants. Belgium-based luthier Tim Duerinck ...

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 ...

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, ...

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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 ...

With its breezy island rhythm and welcoming aloha spirit, Hawaii has a way of bringing people together through song and dance ...