Tag: hawaiian music

When taking a vacation, I feel it’s common for people to complain that relaxation mode only kicks in halfway through the trip. I think we can all agree it takes a while to unwind and decompress from life, especially if you have a stressful job. So an eight-day vacation means you really only have four […]

Happy 50th birthday to the Polynesian Cultural Center! More commonly known as PCC, the Mormon-church-owned center attracts thousands of visitors ever year – over 30 million to date. But even more impressive are the thousands of Mormons who traveled to Hawaii in celebration of this week. These include alumni of the nearby Brigham Young University-Hawaii, most […]

There surely will be evenings during your Hawaii vacation when cocktails, a nice dinner and then some good music will seem like a good idea. When such an evening arrives, you’ll be wondering just who the hot singers are. After all, the popular local acts are pretty-much unheard of on the mainland now that Don […]

You’ve certainly heard Hawaiian music, but most of the world has no idea how it originated and evolved. Most of the world also would not be surprised to learn that the earliest known music of Hawaii was the hula. It was comprised of a chant (called a mele) accompanied by an ipu (a gourd) and […]

Today marks the one year anniversary of the death of much beloved Hawaii icon – singer and entertainer Don Ho. Ho passed away after a well documented battle with heart disease. Ho dazzled audiences performing for over 40 years entertaining in Waikiki and all over the world. Made world famous in 1966 with a fun […]