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 ...

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 ...

Lanai (HawaiiNewsNow) - Four Seasons Resorts Lana'i, in partnership with the Lana'i community, HawaiiONTV.com and Jazz Alley TV, is pleased to announce the first annual Lana'i Slack Key Guitar ...

Leave the winter blues behind and enjoy Hawaii's tropical breezes when Keola and Moana Beamer, the "First Family of Hawaiian Music," perform Sunday evening. Keola Beamer is considered to be the ...

Kala Koa Entertainment celebrates 16 years of bringing the biggest and brightest names in Hawaiian music to the 2024 Seattle Slack Key Festival returning to Town Hall Seattle on Sunday, November 10, ...

Peterson plays the slack-key guitar, which is a type of guitar playing that originated in Hawaii. In the 1830s, visiting Spanish and Mexican cowboys brought guitars to the Hawaiian cattle ranches, ...

Express contributor Russell Carlson previews Wolf Trap’s two-day Slack Key Guitar showcase. While its exact origin remains somewhat of a mystery, slack-key guitar is an indigenous Hawaiian art form ...

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 ...

Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading. Slack key guitarist Lance Takamiya responds to the first ...

Making her debut at the annual Ki Ho’alu Festival at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center on Sunday, Namaka Cosma is a Na Hoku Hanohano Award-nominated rising Hawaiian music star, the daughter of Hana ...