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 ...

Dec. 28—Kamaka was less than two months short of what would have been his 99th birthday when he died July 23. The life and legacy of Frederick Ku Kamaka Sr., late president of Kamaka Ukulele Inc., ...

Kamaka Ukulele in 2016 celebrated 100 years as a family-run business making ukulele. Pictured in their Kakaako shop, where the koa wood is cured and stored, are second-generation ukulele makers Sam Jr ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Friends of the Kamaka family will perform at a concert honoring 100 years of business for the famed Kamaka Hawaii ukulele company on October 16, 2016 at the historic Hawaii ...

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 ...

A third-generation Kamaka ukulele builder and manager avoided prison time for failing to file general excise tax returns for six years and racking up a bill of more than $115, 000 for the 109-year-old ...

HONOLULU (KITV4) -- The public is invited to celebrate the life of the legendary 'ukulele maker Samuel Kaialiilii Kamaka Jr. -- the craftsman behind the famed Kamaka 'ukulele. Kamaka Jr. was the ...

This is a special new year for Oahu’s Kamaka family, as they celebrate a century of making ukuleles, the string instrument so closely linked to Hawaii. Sam Kamaka founded the company in his Honolulu ...

At the age of 7, Fremont resident Evan Tom became interested in the ukulele after watching performers at the Aloha Festival in San Francisco. Today, at 16, Evan has his own ukulele band and recently ...

Hawaiian musician Kainoa Kamaka’s spirited ukulele rendition of a classic Chuck Berry rocker is taking him all the way to Cairns next month. The festival will include performers from Taiwan, Indonesia ...

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 ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Samuel Kamaka Jr. of the Kamaka ‘ukulele family passed away on Tuesday, March 15. He was 99 years old. The company issued this statement. It is with great sadness that we announce ...