Cynthia Erivo, enchanting star of the stage and screen, invites you to ring in the New Year with her magnificent friends Ben Platt and Joaquina Kalukango as they bring their powerful voices and favorite songs to the Kennedy Center.

In 1972, music pioneers, renegades and some genius Nashvillle misfits launched their own brand of hard-living 'country music' and decamped to Austin, TX to live and perform to their own wild style. This concert special features star performers such as Ray Benson, Lee Roy Parnell, Joe Ely, Rodney Crowell, Holly Williams, captured onstage at the Paramount Theater in Austin, Texas.

On The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, enjoy a re-imagination of Tchaikovsky’s holiday favorite as Alan Cumming recounts the origin of how a prince got put into a nutcracker.

Mark Yamanaka is a singer, songwriter, multiple Nā Hōkū Hanohano award winner and a car salesman. On this Nā Mele, enjoy Yamanaka’s soothing yet powerful falsetto voice.

He performed under Sousa and Toscanini. He scored films for the likes of Chaplin and wrote popular songs performed by Sinatra and The Beatles. And when the River City boys band marched on Broadway, Meredith Willson caught the whole world’s ear.

Nā Mele featuring multi-Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award winner Natalie Ai Kamauu at Palikū Theatre on the Windward Community College campus in Kāne‘ohe, O‘ahu. From the comfort of your home or wherever you are, enjoy the music from this six-time Female Vocalist of the Year, we will be taking calls of support for our station as part of this pledge program. Mahalo

Those Who Came Before: The Musical Journey of Eddie Kamae chronicles the story of the Hawaiian ʻukulele virtuoso, singer, songwriter, and filmmaker’s self-discovery and his pursuit of Hawaiian cultural and musical traditions.

Famed 'Ukulele teacher Roy Sakuma talks about teaching kids to play the instrument and the genesis of the 'ukulele festival he founded. Also, how arts programs are integrated into the school systemin this Spectrum Hawai'i program from 1998

Elvis and the USS Arizona, recounts events in 1961, when Elvis Presley returned to Hawaiʻi, a place he had grown to love, to begin shooting the movie Blue Hawaii. While on Oʻahu, the then 26-year-old King of rock'n'roll would jumpstart efforts to bring the USS Arizona Memorial, then under construction and lacking funding, to reality.

Interview with entertainer Momi Jones conducted by Bob Barker at the Hawaiʻi Public Television studio for the program Pau Hana Years. Jones talks about her father's musical influence, traveling with the Bird of Paradise show and with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus across the continental United States.