His dissertation “Pewa: I Ola ke Mele Hawaiʻi i kona Mele ʻia” (“Pewa: The Life of Hawaiian Music in Its Song”) braids ...

Storm Large, Portland’s own “genre-fluid big mouth singer,” is once again staging her Holiday Ordeal over two nights at the ...

"Dancing in the Diaspora" is a UH Manoa dance production that celebrates the interconnectedness of Filipino culture across ...

The Hilo-based Japanese Community Association of Hawaii will present Bunka No Hi, Japanese Culture Day from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Folk music might have reached its peak mainstream popularity in the 1960s, but without the groundwork laid by the music of the 1940s, the folk revival in musical hubs like New York City in the 60s ...

Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale make up the acoustic folk duo The Milk Carton Kids. If you wanted to make a musical smoothie of their ensemble, you’d start with three chords and the truth, a heaping ...

Zampa on Okinawa Island. 18th-century Ryukyuan voyagers’ travels were recorded in song. The lyrics of traditional Okinawan songs were found to record past climate and geological history of the Ryukyu ...

The lyrics of traditional Okinawan songs were found to record past climate and geological history of the Ryukyu Islands (21st-century Okinawa Prefecture, Japan), according to a new study by a ...

PLACE. A FIRST OF ITS KIND MUSIC PROGRAM IS SOON COMING TO WINSTON-SALEM. UNC SCHOOL OF THE ARTS IS LAUNCHING THE AMERICAN ROOTS MUSIC INSTITUTE FOR STUDENTS TO LEARN ...

HONOLULU — Musical notes drift alongside the sounds of animals settling down to sleep, on the grounds of a lush botanical garden and within a quiet historic valley. Movies delight or deepen ...

Robert Gordon's transporting film draws on 100 hours of footage that has never been seen before, presenting performances of timeless power. The movie presents a far richer, more wide-ranging and ...

RICHMOND, Va. — The Richmond Folk Festival returns to the riverfront for its 21st year, celebrating folk music and community over three days. This year there will be a special tribute to Justin Golden ...