Hawaiian composer, musician, filmmaker, and ukulele virtuoso Eddie Kamae died Saturday at 89 years old, according to the Hawaiian Legacy Foundation, which he had founded with his wife Myrna. He had ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Beloved Hawaiian composer and musician Eddie Kamae has died. He was 89. The Hawaiian Legacy Foundation says Kamae died just before 7 a.m. Saturday with his wife Myrna by his ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jerry Santos has been playing his brand of Hawaiian music at the Hilton Hawaiian Village for 24 years. Kahi Kaonohi, left, Bobby Moderow and Richard Gideon of Maunalua play contemporary Hawaiian music ...

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) – Mele: Hawaiʻi’s Gift to the World is a special TV presentation highlighting the evolution of Hawaiian music and its importance to the world. Viewers are invited to feel the rhythm ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The International Ukulele Festival of Hawaii brought together music lovers statewide on Sunday, July 20, to unveil the newest inductee to the Ukulele Hall of Fame. Officials ...