Hawaiian slack key guitar master Jeff Peterson will perform “Malama ‘Aina,” the first concerto written for slack key guitar and orchestra, this weekend with the Hawai‘i Symphony Orchestra. From its ...

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 ...

According to Matthew Swalinkavich, known by fans as Makana, there are obvious reasons that few musicians master slack key guitar. "It's a very challenging style technically, and it's hard to learn ...

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 ...

Hawaiian slack key guitar is a finger picking style that stands with the world’s great guitar traditions like flamenco and blues. Its resonant sound often associated with Hawaii is alive, evolving and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Dennis Kamakahi, a prolific songwriter and master of slack key guitar whose music helped propel a renaissance of traditional Hawaiian culture in the 1970s and 1980s, died of lung cancer Monday in ...

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, ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Kala Koa Entertainment celebrates 17 years of bringing the biggest and ...

Rev. Dennis Kamakahi performs at the 2012 Na Hoku Hanohano Awards. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia With his quiet dignity and self-assurance, leadership becomes Slack Key guitarist Reverend Dennis ...