HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Contrary to popular belief, the ukulele did not originate in Hawaii. You can actually trace the ...

Ohta’s delicate yet precise musicianship on “Through the Eyes of Love” makes his version of the Marvin Hamlisch-Carole Bayer ...

The ukulele, a beloved instrument with global appeal, was invented in Hawaii by Madeiran Portuguese immigrants in the 1880s. These settlers brought with them small guitar-like instruments ...

Fleetwood is the latest collaborator in a career that has been filled with them since Shimabukuro shot to fame with his ...

This school year, more than 30 students have been gathering just after 7 a.m. on Fridays to fill a classroom with the sounds of Hawaii. They are members of Eden Prairie High School’s new ...

November marks Fong’s seventh year of teaching ukulele, Hawaiian history and singalong classes at the Kaunoa Senior Center and she will celebrate her anniversary Nov. 12 through 19 during ...

That’s where the acculturation comes in. The ukulele is not a Hawaiian instrument, it’s a Portuguese instrument that we acculturated.” The Beamers previously traveled with Peterson and ...

Anthology of Hawaiian Music on Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, and discover five things you probably don't know about the ‛ukulele. Hawai‛i also offers world-class surfing and some of the biggest ...

During childhood many kids are introduced to a musical instrument of some sort. My childhood friends had weekly piano lessons or having grown up in Hawaii, ukulele lessons. My parents considered ...