Sam Kamaka is showing me the original pineapple ukulele. It's oval, not the usual nipped-in-at-the-waist model. His father, Samuel K. Kamaka, designed this one around 1916, he tells me, and when it ...

Honolulu-based instrument maker Kamaka Hawaii is wrapping up a year of celebrations commemorating its 100th anniversary of making Kamaka ‘Ukulele. Founded in 1916 by Samuel Kaialiilii Kamaka, Sr. as ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The legendary ukulele maker Samuel Kamaka Jr. passed away Tuesday morning. Kamaka’s father, Sam Kamaka Sr., created the patented Kamaka ukulele — otherwise known as the ...

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A centennial is almost by definition a “once in a lifetime” for almost anyone, and a monumental event for that reason alone. The centennial of Kamaka Ukulele is monumental for at least two other ...

Most historians will tell you the Hawaiian word ukulele, which can be translated as a bouncing or jumping flea, was first used to describe the nimble fingers of Portuguese musicians in the late 19th ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Friends and family paid tribute to the son of the founder of the legendary Kamaka Ukulele, Frederick Kamaka Senior, on Saturday. They held a celebration of life at St. Ann ...

Once grunge-rock god Eddie Vedder recorded a solo album of ukulele songs (2011's creatively titled "Ukulele Songs"), and Zooey Deschanel started uking it up on YouTube, it became clear that Hawaii's ...