This week, the beloved Hawaiian Music Series returns to Lahaina for 2026 at a new location on the lawn of Waiola Church, 535 ...

A new documentary series is spotlighting the deep connection between reggae music and local culture in Hawai‘i. In Hawaiian Hands: The Story of Reggae in Hawai‘i is a three-part series from PBS ...

Sunaina Keonaona Kale is putting reggae music in relation. Originally from Irvine, Kale is Kanaka Maoli, or Native Hawaiian, and holds a doctorate in ethnomusicology from UC Santa Barbara. The ...

Singer-guitarist Walter Aipolani, better known as Bruddah Waltah, died Thursday after a long battle with liver cancer. He was 68. In a 40-year-plus career as one of Hawaii’s music superstars, a short ...

One of the most popular reggae bands to play in Hawaii, Rebelution returns at 6 p.m. Friday to Maui Arts & Cultural Center’s A&B Amphitheater in Kahului touring in support of its latest album, “Free ...

Bruddah Waltah Aipolani died on Aug. 17 at his home in Hilo, his wife Denise confirmed to KHON2. Bruddah Waltah is known for songs such as the massive hit “Sweet Lady of Waiahole,” “Hawaiian Lands” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Reggae singer George Brooks Veikoso, better known as Fiji, died suddenly at the age of 55 (TheCoconetTV/YouTube) Award-winning ...

Part 2: Jawaii steps into the late ’80s and early ’90s, a pivotal time when local musicians began to make reggae their own. They added slack key and ʻukulele. They sang about their own stories, making ...

Maui-born musician Anthony Pfluke, who plays a mix of Hawaiian, contemporary and reggae-influenced songs, pays homage to the sacred places of his home island in his next album project, “Singing to the ...

Play some Hawaiian music and soon the sounds of aloha float by on a gentle tradewind. You smell the perfume of plumeria in the air and hear the whispering of palm trees. Perhaps its soothing, relaxing ...

Everybody has to start somewhere, in music as well as anything else. Eli-Mac, from La Mesa by way of the Philippines and Hawai’i, got going with the King of Rock and Roll and an old-time state song ...