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..

A third-generation Kamaka ukulele builder and manager avoided prison time for failing to file general excise tax returns for six years and racking up a bill of more than $115,000 for the 109-year-old ...

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 ...

“The ukulele is such a versatile instrument,” she said. “I can teach you three different ways to play ‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight.'” Fong says her method is based on the old Hawaiian way of ...

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 ...

In 1916, Hawaiian records outsold all other genres, while ukuleles were so ubiquitous in college dorms and upper-crust nightclubs that the New York Tribune ran a full-page illustration of an ...