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 ...

Let your ears take you on a one-night vacation to Hawaii when acknowledged masters of Hawaiian slack key guitar Led Kaapana and Mike Kaawa perform at The Palms Playhouse, 13 Main St. in Winters, on ...

Four-time Grammy winner George Kahumoko Jr., with Kawika Kahiapo and Nathan Aweau, brings the Masters of Hawaiian Music tour — filled with traditional and original Hawaiian tunes — to the California ...

The closest thing to flying to Hawaii for a night may be getting a seat to see Makana play at The Neptune Theatre Friday, Sept. 29. Makana, 39, has been called the master of the slack-key guitar, a ...

Raised at his grandfather’s ranch in Waimea, legendary Hawaiian musician Keola Beamer and his wife kuma hula Moanalani returned home to kick off the Kahilu’s 2022-23 season in grand style. Throughout ...

The slack-key guitar, and the tuneful, often soothing music it is associated with, originated in Hawaii in the 19th century after Portuguese settlers introduced the guitar to native islanders, who put ...

Kawika Kahiapo shares his love for Hawaiian music as he enjoys success as a solo performer and as a member of the award-winning groups Kaukahi and Kuāiwi. Courtesy photo Multiple Nā Hōkū Hanohano ...

Jonah Domingo, 14, will be the youngest guitarist at this year’s Slack Key Festival. He attends the Kamehameha Schools. A look at some of the other names shows that a passing of the torch is in effect ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A Hawaiian slack-key guitarist has been reunited with a stolen instrument eleven years after it was taken from him. Makana, an award-winning musician who has performed ...

Hawaiian slack key masters Jeff Peterson, Sonny Lim and George Kahumoku bring the smooth strains of the islands to the Tower Theatre Thursday. At most Hawaiian slack key guitar concerts, you’ll get ...

Left-handed James “Bla” Pahinui learned to play on a guitar set up for a right-handed guitarist — “upside down and backwards” for him. Playing “upside down and backwards” meant hitting the guitar ...