Kamehameha Schools Maui Hawaiian Ensemble. The Lahaina Restoration Foundation announced the November edition of the Hawaiian ...

Celebrate the holidays with King’s Hawaiian’s 75th anniversary twist on Bing Crosby’s classic ’Mele Kalikimaka,’ featuring an ...

His dissertation “Pewa: I Ola ke Mele Hawaiʻi i kona Mele ʻia” (“Pewa: The Life of Hawaiian Music in Its Song”) braids ...

For 30 years, Faith Ako, who was born and grew up in Hawaii, has been Sonoma County’s most popular performer of Hawaiian music. Now, at age 68, she says her fifth album — Ho’okanikapila, Mau’i (Let’s ...

A free Hawaiian concert featuring Kamehameha Schools Maui Hawaiian Ensemble will take place Nov. 20 on the Ocean Law of the Sheraton Maui Resort and Spa in Kaanapali. The concert starts at 6 p.m. Free ...

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 ...

Gary Shimabukuro sat at his computer in the immaculate home studio where he composes, records and teaches music, reflecting on his life’s work. “I’ve been very fortunate in my life, and it’s because ...

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, ...