Wounded, ill and injured Soldiers in the Army Recovery Care Program who are assigned to the Warrior Transition Battalion at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii have unique opportunities to learn more about ...

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: ...

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 his right thumb, ...

The symphony orchestra has changed mostly by growing, adding more and more instruments. Trombones, which had been around a long time, became prominent in the symphonies of Beethoven and the operas of ...

Brian Padilla stands behind the counter of Hilo Guitars and Ukuleles, coaxing notes as sweet as coconuts and mangoes from the delicate ukulele in his hands. Padilla opened Hilo Guitars and Ukuleles in ...

“I’m confident even the most seasoned Hawaii music fans will learn something new.” “We Are Friends: A Lifetime Party of ’70s Music” will be on display at the Grammy Museum through April 2 and also ...

The ukulele, with its relatively tiny size and four strings, could be thought of as a simple instrument, but it has a rich history within the Hawaiian islands. And native Hawaiian Jake Shimabukuro ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Music just doesn’t serve as entertainment — it serves as a means of archiving as well, archiving the voices of old and the stories of their time. One of the largest known ...

Musical performances, dancing demonstrations, ukulele instruction and food is all part of celebrating the Pacific Islands at Experience Polynesia May 14 and 15 at the Musical Instrument Museum in ...

Seventeen-year-old high school student Kalyn Aolani has been singing traditional Hawaiian music and playing the ukulele since age 12. What started as a hobby has grown into a thriving musical career ...