Hawaii News Now celebrates the 52nd anniversary of the Honolulu Marathon with a special edition of Sunrise. We’ll be tracking runners throughout the entire course, sharing heartfelt stories from ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Israel Kamakawiwo’ole was just 17 years old in 1976 when he became part of the original Makaha Sons of Niihau. He was playing with his older brother Skippy, Jerome Koko, and ...

With his medley of Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World, Iz, known as "the voice of Hawaii," redefined a beloved classic. Steven Musil is a senior news editor at CNET News. He's been ...

Bruddah Iz is waiting to go home. At a Berkeley foundry sits a 200-pound bronze casting of a bust of the late Hawaiian singer Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, crated and ready to be shipped for a grand ...

Sarah Brightman has an unusual and beautiful duet partner on the latest song to arrive from her new album. “Hawaii ’78” features the late and great Hawaiian singer Israel Kamakawiwo’ole, who ...

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Pull up your beach chair and relax as you listen to the melodies of Israel Iz Kamakawiwoole and his band considered a leading influence in contemporary Hawaiian music Iz filmed these two concerts in ...

Israel “IZ” Kamakawiwo’ole’s 1993 single “Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What A Wonderful World” is among the latest titles inducted into the National Registry of the Library of Congress. Librarian of ...

Today's Google Doodle honors Hawaiian singer Israel Kamakawiwo'ole on what would have been his 61st birthday and celebrates Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in the U.S. Kamakawiwo'ole, also known ...