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 ...

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 ...

Considering that his father’s band performed immediately before Jimi Hendrix took the stage at the legendary Woodstock festival in 1969, it’s not surprising Brian Witkin grew up dreaming of becoming a ...

Slack key musician Cyril Pahinui jams with some of the most talented musicians in Hawai‘i. Master slack key musician Cyril Pahinui jams with some of the most revered and talented musicians in Hawai‘i ...

Kala Koa Entertainment celebrates 13 years of bringing the biggest and brightest names in Hawaiian music to the mainland with the 2020 Southern California Slack Key Festival returning to the Redondo ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

He started playing slack key at seven and was allowed to start sitting in with the adults at the age of 12. Pahinui played rock ‘n’ roll music with his older brother, Daniel James “Bla” Pahinui, in ...