Maui-born musician Anthony Pfluke, who plays a mix of Hawaiian, contemporary and reggae-influenced songs, pays homage to the sacred places of his home island in his next album project, “Singing to the ...
Steel guitar music started on the island of Oahu — and teachers there are working with the next generation of students to continue the tradition. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times) Quincy Cortez ...
HONOLULU (KHON2) — Music just doesn’t serve as entertainment — it serves as a means of archiving as well, archiving the voices of old and the stories of their time. One of the largest known ...
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 now grown into a thriving musical ...
Honolulu (KHON2) – The legendary Hawaiian music group Kalapana is making a much-anticipated return to the stage. Band members Gaylord Holomalia and Kenji Sano joined Living808 to promote tonight’s ...
Considering that his father’s band performed immediately before Jimi Hendrix took the stage at the legendary Woodstock festival in 1969, it’s not surprising Brian Witkin grew up dreaming of becoming a ...
Raiatea Helm will sing songs from her acclaimed album “A Legacy Of Hawaiian Song & String Volume One” with the Pops Orchestra. Courtesy photo For her upcoming “Nā Mele o Hawai’i” concert with the Maui ...
With its breezy island rhythm and welcoming aloha spirit, Hawaii has a way of bringing people together through song and dance ...
The “aloha” spirit comes alive in Ferndale this Friday as one of Hawaii’s most beloved musicians, Led Kaapana, returns to The Old Steeple in Ferndale. Kaapana is equally accomplished on slack key ...
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, ...