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 ...

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 ...

A new documentary series is spotlighting the deep connection between reggae music and local culture in Hawai‘i. In Hawaiian Hands: The Story of Reggae in Hawai‘i is a three-part series from PBS ...

Get ready to feel the rhythm and positive vibrations as Tampa Bay’s own Tribal Style takes the stage at this year’s Tropical Heatwave 2025! The acclaimed progressive reggae band will be performing at ...

DJ Lulú Solares spoke to The Conversation's Maddie Bender about the ins and outs of reggae music as one of the hosts of HPR's ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Maoli, a Hawaiian artist who started out making reggae, is finding a natural, new path in country music. - Credit: Reggie Villa* ...

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 ...

NEW ORLEANS — The 7th Annual NOLA Reggae Fest has been postponed due to rainy weather forecasted this weekend. The three-day festival was scheduled Friday, Oct. 24 through Sunday, Oct. 26 at Congo ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Nothing else has been heard from Perry’s upcoming fourth ...

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 ...