Music

Podcast producer Ana González and Kumu Hula Snowbird Bento spoke with HPR’s Maddie Bender about being part of the podcast “Our Common Nature," which features cellist Yo-Yo Ma.

The U.S. Army is conducting military exercises across Oʻahu, Maui, and Hawaiʻi Island until Sunday; Designs for a new school in Central Maui that could reshape how the state thinks about public facilities

Musician Stephen Henderson spoke with The Conversation’s Maddie Bender about new music and his upcoming performance as part of HPR's Live From the Atherton Celebrate808 concert series.

HPR's Ashley Mizuo reports on what the spending bill to reopen the government means for Hawaiʻi residents; Office of Hawaiian Affairs chair Kai Kahele shares what's next for an OHA emergency relief program now that the shutdown has ended

Musician and classical music host Marcus Moore spoke with HPR’s Maddie Bender about hosting HPR's Evening Concert.

Gordon Zane with the Hawaiʻi Department of Taxation discusses vacation rental regulations; Kimberlee Bassford talks about the dark turn her new documentary "Before the Moon Falls" took when its subject, Samoan writer Sia Figiel, was arrested for murder

Hip-hop has been a platform for oppressed and marginalized communities, especially Black Americans. Now, Filipinos have taken the genre to tell their stories in the diaspora. HPR’s Cassie Ordonio has more.

A local festival spotlighting Filipino culture wraps up this weekend with the winner of NPR Music's Tiny Desk Contest as its headliner.

Chinatown musicians spoke to HPR's Maddie Bender about the local band scene and looking for practice spaces.

Honolulu Councilmember Tyler Dos Santos-Tam, who represents the new downtown financial district and Chinatown, discusses concerns about pushing the negative elements further into Chinatown as a result of creating the Downtown Honolulu Business Improvement District; Chu Lan Schubert-Kwock takes HPR on a walking tour of Chinatown