By 1916, records of Hawaiian steel guitar were outselling every other music genre in the nation. Hawaiian music started cropping up in Hollywood soundtracks and L.A. clubs, and was further ...

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 ...

Award-winning vocalist, songwriter and guitarist Ron Artis II was playing the music he loved in a place he loved back in August when he got the dreadful news that the place he loved the most was ...

Over 20,000 pieces of Hawaiian music live in scores of boxes, just waiting to be organized: 10,000 came from Canada, 10,000 came from Territorial Airwaves and smaller collections came from other ...

Raiatea Helm’s new album “A Legacy of Hawaiian Song & String Volume One” shines a spotlight on music from the Hawaiian string band era. 4/4 Swipe or click to see more ...

Later at the University of Hawaii, “everything was basically Western music, classical music and jazz. When I became Don Ho’s bass player, I started listening to more and more Hawaiian music ...

Maintaining a Legacy: “I think Hawaiian music is super important because not a lot of our people do it anymore. A lot of musicians like to take to other genres that are more popular or might make them ...

Perhaps its soothing, relaxing nature is one reason Hawaiian music is gaining a growing following so far from its island roots. There are now more than a dozen concerts a year in and around ...

A nearly 10,000-piece Hawaiian music collection was donated to the state's archives by the family of Michael Scott. His will stipulated that it go someplace where it can be accessible to the public.

Celebrating Hawaiian music and poetry from the late 19th and early 20th century, Helm’s marvelous album was the major winner at the 47th Nā Hōkū Hanohano awards, earning seven awards ...