Local band Slack Key ‘Ohana recently won Best World Music Song at the San Diego Music Awards held at Humphreys by the Bay on April 30. The winning song “Nahenahe Ka Leo o Ka Wahine U’i”, written and ...

A dozen of Hawaii’s most talented slack-key guitarists are on the bill of the 27th Annual Kona Style Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Festival. “We have a very diverse lineup of great musicians,” said Milton ...

Ki-ho‘alu Foundation will present the 28th Annual Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Festival – Kona Style – for all the fans of Hawaiian music and slack key guitar on Hawaii Island. The festival is scheduled ...

Ledward Kaapana will headline the free 33rd Annual Ki Ho‘alu Festival at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center on June 30. Courtesy photo Acclaimed as one of the Hawaii’s greatest slack key guitarists, ...

"Virtuosic keepers of a cultural flame...Bringing folklore & cultural memory into a performance that unfolded as breezy entertainment." - The New York Times Three of the most popular and iconic ...

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, ...

A wide array of artists and musicians will be performing at the festival. In addition, island crafters and food vendors will be available as well as festival merchandise will be available for purchase ...

Local Hawaiian slack key guitar fans should know that one of the very best in the business — the Bay Area’s own Patrick Landeza — is set to perform at Yoshi’s in Oakland on May 6. And it most ...

The 26th Annual Ki Ho’alu Guitar Festival on Sunday at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center’s A&B Amphitheater in Kahului offers a welcome opportunity for music lovers to enjoy a free afternoon of some of ...

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 ...

The sounds of aloha can be heard in Grass Valley when Hawaiian slack key guitarist Kawika Kahiapo and Keale perform a Luau Concert on Saturday. The concert blends heart-warming stories of aloha, hula, ...