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 ...

What is it? A tiny, four-stringed guitar that can look comical or cute when strummed, first popularised in early 20th-century Hawaiian music. Who uses it? Although there are still some leading ...

SILVER LAKE, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The Ukulele Orchestra of the Western Hemisphere performed at the historic El Cid restaurant in Silver Lake Thursday. The members range in age from 15 to 65, and if ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaiian culture has a rich oral tradition. But as State Archivist Adam Jansen notes, the Hawaii State Archives is largely a collection of written documents — government and ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A celebration of all things ukulele is happening today from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Kapiolani Park Bandstand. Oaokaena Kirkland, Director of Hawaiian Culture and Arts for Kala ...

How a little Hawaiian instrument is infiltrating pop culture, reshaping the digital landscape -- and changing the world, one smile at a time It looks like a guitar that someone accidentally washed at ...

» Ma’iki Aiu Lake’s name was misspelled in an earlier version of this story. Walter Kawai’ae’a was 15 years old and had been playing the ukulele for only a few months when he heard his teacher, ...

SEATTLE — When you think of Hawaiian music, heavy metal rock music probably doesn't come to mind. Motley Uke is changing the game of Hawaiian music with their unique musical fusion of heavy metal and ...

Chris Kamaka leans back in his chair, strumming an old tenor ukulele, an instrument that his family business, Kamaka Hawaii, has been building for 100 years. He’s been challenged to play a sad song 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 ...