Teachers told her to play the masters instead of writing songs, but she was determined to create the sounds she heard in her head ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Musician Jake Shimabukuro joins Billy V for a “Shimabukuro Sharing” show-and-tell ahead of his upcoming tour. He introduces his new album, Calm Seas, an ambient, ...

Amanda Farris is among the Diablo Ballet dancers appearing on Feb. 6-7 in a program in Walnut Creek featuring Julia Adam's "The Little Mermaid." (Tue Nam Ton via Bay City News) East Bay ballet: Diablo ...

Givēon peddles a particular kind of devastation as a singer. What many call velvet smooth heartbreak, wrapped in a deep baritone that could make a breakup sound almost beautiful. The seven-time Grammy ...

The Bassulele Mini combines the compact size of a ukulele with the depth and range of a 6-string bass. Designed for portability and warm, resonant tone, it offers extended low-end capability in a ...

Fingerstyle playing demands individual note clarity and tonal separation that strumming doesn't require. Unlike strumming's broad motions across all strings, fingerstyle assigns specific fingers to ...

BENNINGTON — The Ukulele String Ensemble and the Woodwind Trio are presenting "A Ukulele Christmas" at Sacred Heart-St. Francis de Sales Parish Center on Sunday, Dec. 21 at 2 p.m. The performance will ...

On a winter night in 2021, the wind blustered outside a remote cabin in the Cascade Mountains, felling evergreen trees, knocking out the power and trapping married vacationers Nathan and Sophia Hamer.

Gary Aiko — eldest son of famed Hawaiian falsetto singer Genoa Keawe, and known for more than 60 years as one of the greatest Hawaiian baritones of the 20th century — died Tuesday at Kaiser Permanente ...