Aug. 20—Walter "Bruddah Waltah" Aipolani, a Jawaiian music pioneer and the only Jawaiian or "island music" artist to receive a Na Hoku Hanohano Award before the reggae category was created in 1999, ...

From left, Kaulana Pakele, Frank Sua, Kaiea Chung and Danny Kennedy of Mana‘o Company. THE MANA‘O Company’s remakes of “Drop Baby Drop” and “Degrees in the Shade” made them one of the leaders of the ...

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 ...

Music is one of Hawaii’s most distinct and proud cultural traditions. Whether it’s traditional Hawaiian mele, classic instrumentation on ukulele, steel guitars and slack key, or contemporary ...