Isolation can be a tricky creative ingredient for musicians. At times it can make artists feel totally unheard, like there's no way their voice can escape their hometown. But isolation can also foster ...

Keola Beamer’s ‘70s hit “Honolulu City Nights” is a ubiquitous symbol of Hawaiian popular music, and as a guitar teacher, he’s helped make the once closely guarded secrets of slack-key guitar ...

Keola Beamer and Henry Kapono, 2 legends of Hawaiian music, became icons in the 1970’s as part of the Hawaiian renaissance. That renaissance was the seminal movement that brought language, music, hula ...

Henry Kapono will perform Feb. 28 at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center with Jerry Santos and Anthony Pfluke. Courtesy photo Continuing his mission to help highlight and mentor younger talent in Hawaii, ...

If you think that Don Ho is the voice of Hawaii, Keola Beamer has something to say: “It’s like me watching a Tarzan movie and thinking I’m hearing African music,” Beamer says of the Hollywood ...