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 ...

The sound of music, specifically ukuleles, will waft through Waikiki in a really big way. More than 700 ukulele players, most of them children, will take the stage at the Ukulele Festival Hawaii in ...

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 ...

Waimanalo Library branch manager Cora Eggerman and Leo Daquioag, CEO of Music for Life Foundation, prepare to launch ukulele-lending at the library. The program starts with an introductory class at ...

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 ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The Ukulele Festival Hawaii presented a live stream of international artists for its International Day on Sunday, June 13 ahead of next month’s 51st annual Ukulele Festival Hawaii.

HONOLULU — The first and largest ukulele festival in the world is celebrating its 44th year. Ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro will be one of the featured artists at this weekend’s Ukulele Festival ...

HONOLULU (KITV4) -- After more than 50 years, the world's first and original ukulele festival will play its final song this summer. July 17 will mark the last "Ukulele Festival Hawaii." The annual ...

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 ...

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 ...

He got his start with a ukulele cover of a pop hit. — -- Teenager Aidan James already knows what he wants to do for the rest of his life: be a singer/songwriter. The Hawaii native, 14, got a very ...