Like Akaka, Cortez started playing ukulele at 8 and inherited a ... steel guitar were outselling every other music genre in the nation. Hawaiian music started cropping up in Hollywood soundtracks ...

Originally based in the Virgin Islands before relocating to San Diego, singer-pianist Jemille Vialet specializes in lounge ...

This is the first time I’ve read about Maine’s Franco American community. Why was it appealing for you and how does it relate ...

Louis Armstrong With The Polynesians’ nostalgic ‘On a Coconut Island’ makes an appearance on the soundtrack, along with other Hawaii-inspired songs ... a South American string instrument similar to a ...

(Photo courtesy LVA) Then on Jan. 3, Andrew Molina — known for his concerts highlighting his “Hawaiian musical roots, infused with contemporary ukulele”, according ... Ho Quintet that will “transcend ...

A multi-talented musician with a captivating vocal presence, Laura Lee Perkins took up guitar and piano as a little girl and soon learned to play trumpet and ukulele ... the R&B genre, Ruth ...

all-strumming Ukulele players, using instruments bought with loose change, which believes that all genres of music are available for reinterpretation, as long as they are played on the Ukulele.

Shannon Wianecki grew up in Hawaii and writes about the Islands regularly. Hilo sits between the sea, the often-snow-capped summit of Mauna Kea and the smoldering Kilauea volcano. Twice swept ...

All things ukulele” filled the Kukui Grove Center food court area to overflowing on Sunday where the Ohana Niihau opened the ...

It would appear that peak concert season in Wilmington has finally arrived. Welcome to an April packed with live music.

Irvine Barclay Theatre, one of Orange County’s top performing arts venues, will kick off its 35th season of bringing top-tier artists to Southern California with a community celebration of music and ...