Berger is the editor of the second edition of Hawaiian Music and Musicians, the definitive one-volume 1000-page encyclopedia on Hawaiian music and musicians published by Mutual Publishing in 2012. He is also a Na Hoku Hanohano Award-winning liner notes writer.
Berger’s career as an entertainment journalist began in 1972 when he became a full-time contributor to Sunbums, Hawaii’s ‘70s era equivalent to Rolling Stone. An invitation from Kamasami Kong in 1977 to become part of Kong’s radio show was the start of an 18-year career in local radio that included eight years as a member of Michael Qseng’s Morning Maddness Crew on KQMQ. He has also appeared as an entertainment news reporter on local television stations co-promoting the Honolulu Star-Advertiser.
The win positions Artis, now living in Nashville, for another round of “Disney Night” competition on Monday. Nationwide voting during the broadcast will cut the field to the three who will compete for the title May 18. Read more
Victims and survivors of war and natural disasters are receiving the recognition due Sunday with the premiere of “Worldwide Requiem” at New York’s Carnegie Hall. Read more
Thunderstorm Artis took another step forward Monday advancing from Top 8 to Top 7 on “American Idol.” Read more
Artis, Hawaii-born and raised and now living in Nashville, Tenn., will spend the rest of the week preparing for the next round of “American Idol” competition on Mother’s Day. Read more
The songs were sung, the votes were counted and Hawaii’s Thunderstorm Artis survived another cut in the field to become a Top 8 contestant on “American Idol.” Read more
The songs have been sung, the votes have been counted, and Hawaii’s Thunderstorm Artis has survived another cut in the field to become a Top 8 contestant on “American Idol.” Read more
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Each competition will be filmed on location and then broadcast on Hawaii News Now. The series will end with a live finale at Ko Olina Resort on Dec. 14 and will include public voting to determine the winner. Read more
Hana Keaka (Hawaiian- language theater) took a significant step forward last fall when “Puana,” written by University of Hawaii-Manoa professor of theater Haili‘opua Baker and Kaipulaumakaniolono Baker, opened Sept. 27 at Kennedy Theatre. Read more
Competition resumes Sunday at 2 p.m. Hawaii time when Artis and the other Top 10 contestants will be battling to make it to the Top 8, which will be announced at the end of the show. Read more
Hawaii-born Thunderstorm Artis has taken another step towards the winner’s circle with audience voting elevating him to Top 12 status Sunday on “American Idol.” Read more
The survivors after Monday’s show will be this season’s top 10. Read more
Thunderstorm Artis took another step toward the title of “American Idol” on Sunday when he was named one of this season’s Top 20 contestants during a special three-hour Easter Sunday edition of “American Idol.” Read more
Sunday happens to be Easter Sunday, and the theme is “Songs of Faith.” Hawaii born-and-raised Thunderstorm Artis, who now lives in Nashville, has a personal favorite ready. Read more
“Idol” filmed on Oahu in February, but it is the audience voting on Monday that will determine if Artis is one of the survivors when the field is cut from 24 to 20 on Sunday. Read more
Hawaii will get its first chance Monday to show aloha for Oahu native Thunderstorm Artis as “American Idol” welcomes viewers to vote for their favorite performers. Read more
Four-time Grammy Award winner Kalani Pe‘a is among the front-runners as the Hawai‘i Academy of Recording Arts announces the finalists for the 2025 Na Hoku Hanohano Awards. Read more
Artis, who was born and raised in Hawaii, was partnered with Nashville-resident singer/songwriter Drew Ryn for a beautifully sung revival of “The Night We Met.” Read more
Dressed in black, except for white shoes. and playing his black hollow-body acoustic guitar with the white lightning-bolt guitar strap, Artis delivered a personalized, smooth and soulful treatment of John Lennon’s posthumous hit, “Imagine.” Read more
Joe Mundo, founding member of the Aliis, the group that was one of Waikiki’s showroom headliners from 1964 through the early 1980s, died Tuesday at his home in Auburn, Wash. He was 83. Read more
The performance earned Artis a unanimous standing ovation from the judges. Read more
