It was Willie K’s dad, Manu Kahaiali’i, who gave Barry Flanagan his first slack key guitar lesson, which eventually led him to forming the acclaimed, multi-Na-Hoku Award winning contemporary Hawaiian ...

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 ...

To learn slack key guitar, you may want to start with the roots. First, you fly over to Maui, then get transportation to Kahakuloa on the northern part of the island, about an hour an a half from ...

Patrick Landeza has spent much of his life studying Hawaiian music history. Now, he’s actually part of it. The Berkeley-born musician made history recently when he became the first mainland artist to ...

There's no music in the world quite like Hawaii's slack-key guitar. This unlikely marriage of the Spanish guitar with and Polynesia's rippling rhythms gets its name from the islanders' habit of ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. A festival like no other, these musicians will take the stage to talk story, play ...

Let your ears take you on a one-night vacation to Hawai’i on Friday, Feb. 21 when slack-key guitarists Led Kaapana and Fran Guidry perform at The Palms Playhouse, 13 Main St. in Winters. Tickets for ...

A master of the slack key guitar, Led Kaapana has been one of Hawaii's most influential musicians for four decades. His mastery of stringed instruments, his exceptional picking style on slack key ...

Cyril Pahinui, photographed before the start of a live concert featuring musicians who contributed to the film The Descendants on April 14, 2012 in Honolulu. There's no music in the world quite like ...