Still listening in my old truck to cassettes from the 80s that I taped off KAOI, with Guy “Jammin’ Jamico” Amico. Classic shows well curated by a fine DJ that are timeless. And then he disappeared ...

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 ...

The Green were the first local reggae group to reach any of Billboard’s mainstream charts. They will perform June 14 at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center. Courtesy photo Kicking off their four-island ...

Reggae is huge in Hawaii. The easygoing sound and spirit of reggae music have inspired generations of Hawaiian natives, visitors and musicians. From Simplisity to Butch Helemano to the Ka’ala Boys, ...

Sunaina Keonaona Kale grew up in California, loving Hawaiian music. Years before she earned her Ph.D. in ethnomusicology from UC Santa Barbara, Kale convinced her mom to buy her the complete ...

Reggae is huge in Hawaii. The easygoing sound and spirit of reggae music have inspired generations of Hawaiian natives, visitors and musicians. From Simplisity to Butch Helemano to the Ka’ala Boys, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...