When Alan Akaka was growing up, a young musician in his teens and 20s in Honolulu, he played steel guitar with some of the top names in Hawaiian music. When they spoke, he listened: Genoa Keawe: ...

In this episode of Aloha Authentic, host Kamaka Pili digs into the rich legacies embedded within Hawaiian music. This episode is a heartfelt exploration of how music serves as a vessel for cultural ...

Kamaʻāina filmmaker Jon Jenks invites all to experience the history of Hawaiian music in the modern world. It is an insightful look at how influential the Hawaiian music and the Hawaiian music makers ...

Award-winning Kuʻuipo Kumukahi joins host Brickwood Galuteria with some Hawaiian aliʻi history behind the mele "E Nihi Ka Hele" followed by a lovely performance. “Kūpuna Power” is a weekly segment on ...

Raiatea Helm will sing songs from her acclaimed album “A Legacy Of Hawaiian Song & String Volume One” with the Pops Orchestra. Courtesy photo For her upcoming “Nā Mele o Hawai’i” concert with the Maui ...

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 ...

Sunaina Keonaona Kale is putting reggae music in relation. Originally from Irvine, Kale is Kanaka Maoli, or Native Hawaiian, and holds a doctorate in ethnomusicology from UC Santa Barbara. The ...

Origins: “My family was musical, and we grew up playing country and bluegrass and folk music, and I was interested in taking apart instruments,” KiLin Reece says about growing up in Bonny Doon, ...

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