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 ...

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 ...

Each year, the Hawai’i Academy of Recording Arts presents the Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards to honor new artists, albums, singles ...

H ONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A star-studded cohort of Hawaiian music legends will be honored by the Hawaii Academy of ...

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

Raiatea Helm is a multi-Na Hoku Hanohano award-winning singer and the foremost female Hawaiian falsetto vocalist of her generation. “We had a list of 15 to 17 songs for the album, and then we decided ...

Aaron Mahi — musician, composer, conductor, recording artist, kahu and bandmaster of the Royal Hawaiian Band for 24 years — died Saturday just days before his birthday. He was 70 years old and had ...

Play some Hawaiian music and soon the sounds of aloha float by on a gentle tradewind. You smell the perfume of plumeria in the air and hear the whispering of palm trees. Perhaps its soothing, relaxing ...

Created by Eric Gilliom, “Mele” is a 360-degree visual masterpiece paired with award-winning music, showing at the Maui Ocean Center on Tuesday and Saturday evenings. For The Maui News/Jon Woodhouse ...

Sunaina Keonaona Kale grew up in California, loving Hawaiian music. Years before she earned her Ph.D. in ethnomusicology from UC Santa Barbara, Kale convinced her mom to buy her the complete ...

KAILUA, Hawaii – 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 ...

OSSINING — They didn't apply for it, but the honor came just the same. Ossining High School’s marching band will represent New York state in the Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade in Hawaii on Dec. 7, the ...