STAR-ADVERTISER / 1996 The late Israel Kamakawiwo‘ole was among performers who played ukulele from C.F. Martin &?Co. Walsh and King include production records, sales figures and correspondence: Kaai ...

Jim Beloff, 66, recounts his experiences in a new book, “UKEtopia!: Adventures in the Ukulele World,” an extensively illustrated history of the modern ukulele. In 1997, the same year the company went ...

Rain or shine? A short history of the weather forecast Ida Pfeiffer: 19th Century globetrotter Throughout its 130-year-old history, the ukulele has often been underrated – for many, this tiny four ...

In 2014, Larry Bartram, a software company founder and archaeologist, was at C.F. Martin & Co. in Nazareth to have a guitar repaired. While waiting, he strolled into the factory museum. Tucked among ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) – There are so many things that make Hawaii so unique from our food, musubi of course, saimin, our culture and history, but also our music. Ukulele is such an iconic symbol of ...

In 1879 a ship carrying 419 immigrants from the Portuguese island of Madeira docked at Honolulu harbour in Hawaii. As was their custom, some of the arrivals walked around singing and playing their ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - You don’t have to go very far to hear an ukulele in the islands. It’s an instrument that is as ubiquitous in Hawaii as it is beloved. But have you ever wondered where it ...