The Day the Honolulu Symphony Died
We had a front-row seat at the implosion of the 110-year-old Honolulu Symphony.
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We had a front-row seat at the implosion of the 110-year-old Honolulu Symphony.
Hawaiian music, however flexible, has its own distinctive personality.
Nearly a dozen vintage recordings of mele (songs or chants) for ancient hula have been resurrected, remastered and compiled on a new album, Ancient Hula Hawaiian Style, Volume 1: Hula Kuahu.
An esteemed panel of musicologists, producers and artists select the 50 greatest songs in Hawai‘i music history.
In a Waimanalo backyard, an ailing Gabby Pahinui asked Eddie Kamae to play a few tunes with him. It was the jam session that changed Kamae’s life—and set off the Hawaiian Renaissance.