When Hal Kinnaman first heard slack-key guitar music being played on a California beach 50 years ago, he fell in love with it, and learned to play it so well that he became a slack-key master, and ...

The 25th annual Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Festival took place Sept. 18 at the Outrigger Kona Resort featuring a line-up of the state’s most talented players. Billy V was the MC for the nearly ...

Stephen Inglis and Barry Sless perform Hawaiian songs, originals and favorites by the Grateful Dead and Bob Dylan. Courtesy photo Grammy-nominated Hawaiian slack key guitarist Stephen Inglis and ...

There's no music in the world quite like Hawaii's slack-key guitar. This unlikely marriage of the Spanish guitar with and Polynesia's rippling rhythms gets its name from the islanders' habit of ...

Let your ears take you on a one-night vacation to Hawai’i on Friday, Feb. 21 when slack-key guitarists Led Kaapana and Fran Guidry perform at The Palms Playhouse, 13 Main St. in Winters. Tickets for ...

Before performing at the annual Ki Ho’alu Guitar Festival outdoors at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center on Sunday, Dennis Kamakahi has been immersing himself in teaching at George Kahumoku Jr.’s music ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaiian artist Makana recently put out new music based on slack-key guitar stylings, but he continues to evolve his sound. Makana’s latest album “Pulama: Legacies of Hawaii ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the cancellation of many annual events island residents enjoy, but Milton Lau is keeping his promise to the people of Hawaii that the slack key festivals he produces ...

Bay Area musician and teacher Patrick Landeza likes to joke that he was born on the “Island of Berkeley,” but he will forever be associated with the music of a different island culture — Hawaii. A ...

There's no music in the world quite like Hawaii's slack-key guitar. This unlikely marriage of the Spanish guitar with and Polynesia's rippling rhythms gets its name from the islanders' habit of ...

Cyril Pahinui, photographed before the start of a live concert featuring musicians who contributed to the film The Descendants on April 14, 2012 in Honolulu. There's no music in the world quite like ...