Matt Morelock, a Tennessee native who moved to Kauai eight years ago, is organizing Kauai’s first folk festival. Morelock said he’s excited to explore the similarities between Hawaiian music and ...

Hawaii-based folk and pop singer Stef Muzic is about to embark on a whirlwind tour of Washington state with her latest album, “This Wave.” The recording, released last Saturday on iTunes, “is ...

“I discovered when I got here that there was robust support for Hawaiian music, and rightly so, but the connection between Hawaiian traditional music and traditional music from other parts for the ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) – A total of 15 sakada (or Filipino contract workers) arrived in the islands in 1906 to work on the sugar plantations. Over the past 115 years, the community has grown and built deep ...

McKenna Maduli invites musician and community leader Peter Apo into the Talk Story Hale to learn all about his exciting new venture into a full time music career. Peter Apo says he’s “going back to ...

John Craigie was asked by Hawaii singer-songwriter Jack Johnson to open for him on major dates in his 2017 and 2018 tours. As with many of the most admired folk singers, Craigie’s music is wily and ...

This fall, Hawaii’s Grove Farm Museum will host the inaugural Kauai Folk Fest, a new, two-day music gathering aimed at showcasing the influence of the island state on American roots music. Heading up ...

LIHUE, Hawaii (AP) - A new two-day festival on the Hawaiian island of Kauai aims to explore the influences traditional Hawaiian music has had on traditional folk music, the Honolulu Star Advertiser ...