Roy and Kathy are honored by the Small Business Administration for their family business Read More…

Waikoloa Ukulele Festival The Waikoloa Ukulele Festival is this Saturday, March 1st. It’ll feature a concert with artists like Raiatea Helm and Holunape as well as Roy himself. Read More…

6 year old concentrates on her fretwork at community event. Read More…

“No Place Like Home” by Manoa DNA; Roy Sakuma Productions Manoa DNA is a family trio comprised of brothers Alex and Nick Kawakami and their dad, Lloyd. Its homespun acoustic music reflects a bond and kinship hard to miss, easy to appreciate. Read More…

Kids screamed. At least one cried. Others were so excited they forgot to play notes on their ‘ukulele. That pandemonium occurred yesterday at the Kapi’olani Park Bandstand when Grammy-nominated musician and North Shore resident Jack Johnson surprised young musicians by joining them on stage. Read More…

Jack Johnson did not want to take the spotlight away from Sakuma’s hundreds of young players, so almost no one but Sakuma knew he was going to be there until he joined a group of 400 students onstage and played “Breakdown,” “Bubbletoes,” “The Three Rs” and “Upside Down.” Read More…

One of Ivy Mach’s most precious belongings is her mahogany ukulele that Santa Claus gave her for Christmas last year. Just five years old and having only learned to play over the past six months, Mach is already performing. Read More…

Theft victim gives thanks for act of aloha Read More…

Sound of the ukulele heard and celebrated at festival Uncle Richard Ho?opi?i, one of Hawaii?s most beloved singers, brings his love for the ukulele to the crowd of about 2,000 music lovers Sunday afternoon at the Starbucks Maui Ukulele Festival at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center Read More…

Ode to the Leaping Flea World’s finest strummers gather at Maui’s first Ukulele Festival at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center. Free. Read More…