Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Reggae singer George Brooks Veikoso, better known as Fiji, died suddenly at the age of 55 (TheCoconetTV/YouTube) Award-winning ...

A beloved reggae singer has died. He was 55 years old. Hawaii News Now reports how George “Fiji” Veikoso — who Rova.nz explains was born in Fiji but raised in Hawaii, and who was an artist most ...

Bruddah Waltah Aipolani died on Aug. 17 at his home in Hilo, his wife Denise confirmed to KHON2. Bruddah Waltah is known for songs such as the massive hit “Sweet Lady of Waiahole,” “Hawaiian Lands” ...

Singer-guitarist Walter Aipolani, better known as Bruddah Waltah, died Thursday after a long battle with liver cancer. He was 68. In a 40-year-plus career as one of Hawaii’s music superstars, a short ...

The Cuthbert Amphitheater hosts Leihoku Fest Eugene Sept. 15. A night full of rock, reggae, island influences and more will fill the amphitheater as performers take the stage. Up from Orange County, ...

Iconic Island Reggae Singer’s Death at 55 Confirmed by Family originally appeared on Parade. The voice behind “Lia,” “Nasty,” and the Baywatch: Hawaii theme song didn’t just make music. He built a ...

George Veikoso, a locally-beloved reggae singer professionally known as Fiji, has died at the age of 55, sources close to Fiji’s family confirmed. The details surrounding his death have not been ...

Sunaina Keonaona Kale is putting reggae music in relation. Originally from Irvine, Kale is Kanaka Maoli, or Native Hawaiian, and holds a doctorate in ethnomusicology from UC Santa Barbara. The ...

Part 2: Jawaii steps into the late ’80s and early ’90s, a pivotal time when local musicians began to make reggae their own. They added slack key and ʻukulele. They sang about their own stories, making ...