Rolando Sanchez has been “El rey de la musica tropical en Hawai” (“The king of tropical music in Hawaii”) ever since he brought contemporary Latin “salsa” music to mainstream Honolulu nightclub audiences in the late 1980s. Read more
Daniel Ho holds a unique place in Hawaii’s music history with six Grammy Awards for his work as a record producer and recording artist, received during the seven years that Hawaiian music had its own category. Read more
We might soon see Napua Greig on the national country music charts: A song on her newly released album, “Home,” shows that Greig, a multi-Na Hoku Hanohano Award winner, is ready and worthy of notice in Nashville. Read more
Steel guitar master Greg Sardinha expected his new instrumental full-length album to be out by summer’s end and that the four Christmas bonus tracks would have plenty to time to reach the ears of radio station programmers. Read more
This milestone album brings Ho‘aikane full circle and opens a new chapter of its multidecade history. Ho‘aikane started out in the 1980s playing “back porch” slack-key music. Read more
John Cruz won two Na Hoku Hanohano Awards for his first locally recorded album, “Island Style,” in 1997. Read more
Kalani Pe‘a holds an important place in the history of Hawaiian music. In 2017 he became the first Hawaii-resident artist to receive a Grammy Award after the award for Hawaiian music was eliminated in 2011. Read more
Born and raised on Maui, Kala‘e Camarillo comes from an extended family of talented musicians. Read more
From livestreaming performances with virtual tip jars to socially distant outdoor concerts, Hawaii recording artists have come up with innovative ways over the past year to bring their music to the community. Read more
In the 19th century, Hawaiians adopted and adapted many non-Hawaiian musical instruments. Read more
Is Hawaiian music a specific type of musical performance — Hawaiian language lyrics supported by acoustic guitar, ukulele, “stand-up bass” and steel guitar — or is it any type of music sung in the Hawaiian language? Read more
Vocalist/graphic artist Barry Lasit is the key figure in this spin-off project by Gerald K. Gonsalves and Tin Idol Productions. Read more
“Babylon exists, I see her every day. In the eyes of my brothers. She leads them astray. Anything a man desire, she grants I. Confusing I and I with wicked lie.” Read more
Two-time Na Hoku Hanohano Award winner Stuart Hollinger (best rock album in 2014, 2016) is back with his fourth collection of original rock. Read more
Letting go of a dead-end romantic relationship can be surprisingly difficult even with the knowledge that letting go is the right thing to do. Read more
Talent contest winner Tiara Gomes partners with contest-sponsors Maoli in making her debut as a recording artist with this seductive Jawaiian/pop original. Read more
Christmas has been celebrated in Hawaii for more than 150 years, and music is an important part of marking the holiday island-style. Read more
Singer/songwriter Kolohe Kai celebrates the wonder of finally finding true love with this download-only single that previews his next EP. Read more
Saxophones were prominent in hapa haole music through the end of the Big Band Era, and the electrification of the steel guitar in the early 1930s gave the instrument the volume it needed to join the sax and all the other instruments in the dance bands that played in the major hotels of Waikiki. Read more
“A Hawai‘i Interlude,” released in late April, in digital download formats only, shows that Makana is as unpredictable as ever — and an imaginative contributor to the evolution of Hawaii’s music. Read more
The label’s most expansive project to date is a metal rock saga of intergalactic war between cyborgs and “renegade tech pirates” that took three full-length albums to tell. Read more
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