Perhaps you have just recently come to realize that it is a pity your old ukulele is collecting dust in your attic so you decided to pick it up and start strumming its strings, which is probably what ...
The successful Hayward Hawaiian Music Series will wind down with Masters of the 'Ukulele, hosted by award-winning musician Patrick Landeza. This special concert honors a rich Hayward legacy — since ...
HONOLULU (AP) — Its frisky four strings are the sound of Elvis's "Blue Hawaii," of Tiny Tim tiptoeing through the tulips and lately, beyond all reason, of a popular "Bohemian Rhapsody" cover. Above ...
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaiian culture has a rich oral tradition. But as State Archivist Adam Jansen notes, the Hawaii State Archives is largely a collection of written documents — government and ...
A centennial is almost by definition a “once in a lifetime” for almost anyone, and a monumental event for that reason alone. The centennial of Kamaka Ukulele is monumental for at least two other ...
Chris Kamaka leans back in his chair, strumming an old tenor ukulele, an instrument that his family business, Kamaka Hawaii, has been building for 100 years. He’s been challenged to play a sad song on ...
» Ma’iki Aiu Lake’s name was misspelled in an earlier version of this story. Walter Kawai’ae’a was 15 years old and had been playing the ukulele for only a few months when he heard his teacher, ...
Its frisky four strings are the sound of Elvis’s “Blue Hawaii,” of Tiny Tim tiptoeing through the tulips and lately, beyond all reason, of a popular “Bohemian Rhapsody” cover. Above all, the humble ...
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - There’s something distinctly different about Mika Kane’s ukulele artistry. In his hands the four-stringed instrument takes on a different vibe. “I like to think my style is ...