The ukulele, the small, four-stringed instrument traditionally associated with Hawaii, will be the star of two musical festivals in Honolulu this summer. Ingram, who died on Jan. 29 in Los Angeles, ...

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 ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A celebration of all things ukulele is happening today from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Kapiolani Park Bandstand. Oaokaena Kirkland, Director of Hawaiian Culture and Arts for Kala ...

Four or five times a year, Mike Upton closes the door in Petaluma, Calif., and flies to China to check an operation that’s making several hundred-thousand Hawaii-inspired ukuleles a year. Originally ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - In the bustling business district of Kaimuki, the sounds of keiki strumming their ukulele fill the halls of a concrete building that houses a tiny music studio. Walk inside ...

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 ...

My passion for Hawaiian culture took almost 30 years to hit me like a wave on the Banzai Pipeline. I honeymooned in Hawaii and loved it, but my kids were already grown by the time that passion was ...

SILVER LAKE, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The Ukulele Orchestra of the Western Hemisphere performed at the historic El Cid restaurant in Silver Lake Thursday. The members range in age from 15 to 65, and if ...

Honolulu-based instrument maker Kamaka Hawaii is wrapping up a year of celebrations commemorating its 100th anniversary of making Kamaka ‘Ukulele. Founded in 1916 by Samuel Kaialiilii Kamaka, Sr. as ...