George Kahumoku Jr. is not just offering a “regular” concert when he plays The Birchmere on Feb. 27; he’ll be inviting audiences into a living family tradition that stretches back generations on ...

The Kohala Girls in 1935. Letritia Kandle is seated (second left) with a national resonator guitar. Letritia Kandle and Paul Whiteman standing next to the grand letar at the Chicago Drake Hotel in ...

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 ...

One of the first lessons George Kuo learned from his slack key mentors is don’t give up your day job. They might draw big crowds in Europe, Japan and the mainland, but that wasn’t enough to put food ...

Filipino girl group BINI is bringing its international tour to Honolulu, with a stop at the Blaisdell Center on August 1st. SPAM JAM takes over Kalakaua Ave today at 1 p.m. The block party starts at 4 ...

Ki-ho‘alu Foundation will present the 28th Annual Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Festival – Kona Style – for all the fans of Hawaiian music and slack key guitar on Hawaii Island. The festival is scheduled ...

Experience the authentic down-home sound of Hawaii with slack key guitar legend Led Kaapana on Sunday at The Old Steeple in Ferndale. Widely considered one of the best slack key players alive today, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Several generations of slack key guitarists—from slack key masters George Kuo and Mike Kaawa to young Kahiau Lam Ho, who made his ...

When I think of Hawaiian music, I first think of the ukulele, but slack-key guitar is just as uniquely Hawaiian. Ledward “Led” Kaapana is a ukulele virtuoso, but to my ear, he shines brightest when ...

Slack key virtuoso Jeff Peterson performs a concerto he composed with a North Carolina orchestra. Maui-born musician Jeff Peterson earned multiple Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards for his slack key ...

Patrick Landeza is coming out of (semi) retirement to perform a big Bay Area show. Having pretty much stayed out of the performance spotlight in recent years — while concentrating on his many other ...

When he’s not playing lead guitar touring and recording with “Weird Al” Yankovic, Grammy winning musician Jim “Kimo” West pursues his love for Hawaiian slack key guitar. Releasing several acclaimed ...