HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Contrary to popular belief, the ukulele did not originate in Hawaii. You can actually trace the origins of the iconic string instrument to the Portuguese island archipelago ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Joe Souza and his wife, Kristen, own Kanile’a Ukulele. The family’s relatives were some of the first Portuguese to immigrate to Hawaii 140 years ago. “What they brought with ...

Four or five times a year, Mike Upton closes the door in Petaluma, Calif., and flies to China to check an operation that’s making several hundred-thousand Hawaii-inspired ukuleles a year. Originally ...

HONOLULU (Island News) – The upcoming International Ukulele Festival of Hawaii is expected to bring a variety of exciting festivities for the public to take part in. Happening on Saturday, July 27, at ...

The ukulele takes center stage Feb. 9 and 10 at the Ukulele Picnic Weekend in Honolulu. There will be music competitions, a benefit concert and (of course) a picnic. The activities kick off Saturday ...

Perhaps you have just recently come to realize that it is a pity your old ukulele is collecting dust in your attic so you decided to pick it up and start strumming its strings, which is probably what ...

Honolulu-based instrument maker Kamaka Hawaii is wrapping up a year of celebrations commemorating its 100th anniversary of making Kamaka ‘Ukulele. Founded in 1916 by Samuel Kaialiilii Kamaka, Sr. as ...

Passengers on their way to Hawaii from Long Beach, California, on Friday, Sept. 16, were surprised with an in-flight ukulele lesson and jam session. Those aboard the flight — a six-hour trip on ...

Its frisky four strings are the sound of Elvis’s “Blue Hawaii,” of Tiny Tim tiptoeing through the tulips and lately, beyond all reason, of a popular “Bohemian Rhapsody” cover. Above all, the humble ...

This is a special new year for Oahu’s Kamaka family, as they celebrate a century of making ukuleles, the string instrument so closely linked to Hawaii. Sam Kamaka founded the company in his Honolulu ...

A universal question that you probably never pondered is, what’s the difference between an Aloha shirt and a Hawaiian shirt? Answer: It’s whether you bought it in Hawaii or on the mainland. It’s one ...