And there’s a museum in the Old West End dedicated to helping preserve and celebrate a specific genre of music. It’s called the Sacred Steel Music and History Museum. Music is in Del Ray Grace’s DNA.

When Alan Akaka was growing up, a young musician in his teens and 20s in Honolulu, he played steel guitar with some of the top names in Hawaiian music. When they spoke, he listened: Genoa Keawe: ...

Legendary Hawai‘i artists jam at Waikīkī’s Blue Dolphin with song, falsetto & hula highlights. A distinguished 1970s performance at Waikīkī’s Blue Dolphin features Sonny Chillingworth, Myra English ...

A high-profile fundraiser for the Hawaii Theatre, a national touring company production at the Blaisdell Concert Hall, new works in Hana Keaka (Hawaiian theatre ), and local theater veterans making ...

The ukulele, with its relatively tiny size and four strings, could be thought of as a simple instrument, but it has a rich history within the Hawaiian islands. And native Hawaiian Jake Shimabukuro ...

In 2019 the film Yesterday was released. A struggling singer/songwriter is hit by a bus and a "glitch" occurs—he suddenly discovers he is the only person who has ever heard of the Beatles... In a ...

Together with the scent of pikake, plumeria and puakenikeni, the sounds of the Royal Hawaiian Band and Hawaiian steel guitar floated in the air at Thursday’s Lei Day Celebration at Kapiolani Park.

Patrick Landeza is coming out of (semi) retirement to perform a big Bay Area show. Having pretty much stayed out of the performance spotlight in recent years — while concentrating on his many other ...

Albert J. McNeil with students in a past photo. (Courtesy/UC Davis) The choruses of UC Davis — the Concert Choir and the Chamber Singers — join to sing the music that Albert J. McNeil (1920–2022) ...

Join us for the 10th annual Hillbilly Robot with an evening of classic country, western-swing, and Hawaiian steel guitar featuring two fabulous bands; Mae McCoy & Her Neon Stars + Poi Rogers.