Today marks one year since slack key guitar musician Cyril Pahinui passed away. Friends and family gathered to celebrate his life, playing music and sharing memories. But thieves left the day with a ...

BERKELEY — Award-winning Hawaiian slack key guitarist and author Patrick Landeza will appear at Freight and Salvage at 8 p.m. May 18 and has recently launched his new book, “From The Island of ...

Ken Emerson will perform Sept. 24 as part of George Kahumoku Jr.’s “Slack Key Show” at the Napili Kai Beach Resort. Courtesy photo Back in the early 1980s you could find Grammy-winning guitarist Ken ...

Described as dazzling by the New York Times, Makana is an internationally acclaimed guitarist, singer, composer and activist who is widely known for lending his musical talent for social change. He ...

Words are not George Winston's strong suit. Instead, the pianist, guitarist and harmonica player prefers to make his instruments his voice. Winston has built a career performing live and recording his ...

From his youth as a slack-key guitar prodigy to his historic theatrical concerts honoring kupuna, from his presidential poetic protests and people s anthems to his aloha aina, Makana has created quite ...

KANEOHE (KHNL) -- Grammy Award nominated slack-key artist Ledward Kaapana is reunited with a most special instrument this week. Oh, that familiar sound to many in Hawaii and around the world. That ...

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 ...