Big donations of the vintage instruments enrich the stateʻs Hawaiian Music Archives. Soon, you may be able to check them out.

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 ...

the former business manager of Kamaka Hawaii, Inc., the oldest ukulele manufacturer in Hawaii, pled guilty Mar. 5 before Judge Erika Ireland. Kamaka Hawaii, Inc. was, Samuel Kaialiilii Kamaka Sr..

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Madeiran artists Roberto Moniz and Roberto Moritz are professors and musicians at The Conservatory in Madeira, islands off the northwest coast of Africa and part of ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Search the internet for ukulele instruction and you’ll be swamped with all kind of sites. But one of the originals has stood the test of time. It’s called Ukulele ...

I actually carried up an ‘ukulele. I was absolutely crazy ... “And I want to do more within Hawaii,” he says. “I do a lot of outreach through the University of Hawaii and the library ...

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 ...