Kahumoku, a multiple Grammy and Na Hoku Hanohano Award-winning slack key guitar master, is touring with fellow Hawaiian musicians Led Kaapana and Sonny Lim. All three hail from different regions of ...

Experience the authentic down-home sound of Hawaii with slack key guitar legend Led Kaapana on Sunday at The Old Steeple in Ferndale. Widely considered one of the best slack key players alive today, ...

This article appears in print in the November 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. What happens when you tune guitar strings down, so they’re slacker—which is how the Hawaiian slack-key style got its ...

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 ...

The musical spirit of the Hawaiian islands and its welcoming aloha culture will flood Redondo Beach with laid-back waves thanks to the return of the Southern California Slack Key Festival. “One thing ...

Festival focuses on ‘soothing sound’ of slack keySlack key guitarists Nathan Nahinu (left) and Dwight Kanae sing and play for the crowd during the 25th annual Ki Ho’alu Festival at the Maui Arts & ...

When Portland blues guitarist Terry Robb returns May 4 to one of his favorite haunts, Ridgefield’s Old Liberty Theater, he’ll bring a unique out-of-town guest with a cool Vancouver connection.

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 ...