Singer-guitarist Walter Aipolani, better known as Bruddah Waltah, died Thursday after a long battle with liver cancer. He was 68. In a 40-year-plus career as one of Hawaii’s music superstars, a short ...

Sunaina Keonaona Kale is putting reggae music in relation. Originally from Irvine, Kale is Kanaka Maoli, or Native Hawaiian, and holds a doctorate in ethnomusicology from UC Santa Barbara. The ...

Bruddah Waltah Aipolani died on Aug. 17 at his home in Hilo, his wife Denise confirmed to KHON2. Bruddah Waltah is known for songs such as the massive hit “Sweet Lady of Waiahole,” “Hawaiian Lands” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Reggae singer George Brooks Veikoso, better known as Fiji, died suddenly at the age of 55 (TheCoconetTV/YouTube) Award-winning ...

Island reggae band ʻĀinaty is led by Grammy-nominated Maui musician Kamalei Kawaʻa. ʻĀinaty will perform at 9 p.m. tonight at the Maui County Fair. Courtesy photo The Maui County Fair is back, and ...

Part 2: Jawaii steps into the late ’80s and early ’90s, a pivotal time when local musicians began to make reggae their own. They added slack key and ʻukulele. They sang about their own stories, making ...

The Green, a six-piece reggae band from Hawaii, is bringing some island flair to the Rialto Theatre on Wednesday, Sept. 25. The band is following in the footsteps of The Wailers, an incarnation of the ...

“I knew him, but I didn’t really know him,” she said. “He was super low-key. He introduced himself as Walter Aipolani, and I didn’t know until a couple years later he was Bruddah Waltah. He would come ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Work hard, play hard is the motto of many bands, and especially so for one that has earned a niche creating fun-loving, upbeat reggae rock. That explains why a phone interview with ...

Music is one of Hawaii’s most distinct and proud cultural traditions. Whether it’s traditional Hawaiian mele, classic instrumentation on ukulele, steel guitars and slack key, or contemporary ...

Play some Hawaiian music and soon the sounds of aloha float by on a gentle tradewind. You smell the perfume of plumeria in the air and hear the whispering of palm trees. Perhaps its soothing, relaxing ...

Award-winning Fijian-Hawaiian recording artist George Brooks Veikoso, better known to fans as Fiji, has died at the age of 55. Born in Fiji on May 10, 1970, Veikoso grew up singing in church. “The ...