Hawaiian island reggae meets country soul when Maoli brings his Island Vibe tour to Australia in March 2026. Following a sold ...

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 ...

Flip through the local radio channels and it won’t be long until you hear a reggae song. The characteristic one drop drumming and offbeat-emphasized rhythm dominates popular music in the islands, and ...

Reggae, R&B and Hawaiian music have all made its way into his sound. — -- Justin Young has come a long way from singing in the closet because he didn’t want his neighbors to hear. The Oahu-born ...

Loved in the islands for his popular reggae-flavored hits, in recent years Sean Na’auao has won acclaim for his exceptional traditional Hawaiian music. Performing tonight at the Maui Fair, this multi ...

Hawaiian Reggae artist Siaosi pays homage to his Tongan roots with his newly released rendition of the Tongan Reggae classic "Eva Mai." Siaosi recalls, "Eva Mai is a Tongan Reggae anthem from the 90's ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tracing the popularity and evolution of reggae in Hawaiʻi, from roots to the Jawaiian era. In Hawaiian Hands: The Story of Reggae in Hawaiʻi traces the popularity and evolution of reggae in the ...