Although it may not do for Hawaiian music what "Buena Vista Social Club ... introduced millions of moviegoers to the giants of slack key guitar and the masters who have come after them. " ...

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 ...

STAR-ADVERTISER / 2010 A renowned slack-key guitar player and prolific songwriter ... He was inducted to the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame that same year. Kamakahi, a Christian minister, was ...

Cyril was the son of Gabby “Pop” Pahinui, who is considered the “Godfather” of Hawaiian slack key guitar and whose music was featured prominently in the Academy Award-winning film ...

A longtime devotee of the slack-key guitar — which features alternate tunings utilized in a finger-picking technique, and is emblematic of Hawaiian music — Lendaza has become something of a ...

Photo courtesy of Wikimedia With his quiet dignity and self-assurance, leadership becomes Slack Key guitarist Reverend ... accepted his 6-string guitar, albums, sheet music and personal ...

While hula and steel guitar were weaving themselves into the fabric of American popular music, slack key stuck close to home, propagating the same way it has ever since its humble beginnings on ...

Kanikapila, translated from Hawaiian, means to play music. Also known as the Waimea Ukulele and Slack Key Guitar Institute, the festival since its inception has opened its first full night each ...

a graduate of the Institute of Hawaiian Music program at the University of Hawaii Maui College and one of only a handful of women in the state pursuing the art of slack key guitar. “We have a ...

WAIMEA — Kahilu Theatre will present its 22nd Annual ‘Ukulele &Slack Key Guitar Festival on Friday ... a chance to experience authentic Hawaiian music as these artists perform, share stories ...