Music lovers visiting Oahu can soak up some distinctively Hawaiian tunes on Aug. 12 at the third annual Slack Key Jam planned for the Outrigger Waikiki Reef Hotel. Some of Islands' most beloved slack ...

The story of Hawaiian Paniolo cowboys and how slack key guitar music preserves their cultural heritage.

It's snowing up and down mainland America's east coast today, and in Chicago, the airport's been socked in. But way out mid-Pacific, in the balmy Hawaiian islands, snow is not a factor. It's sunshine ...

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 ...

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Guitar Player* magazine is on the hunt for ax masters. Given that the venerable gear aficionado feeds on tech, pedals and shredders, it's cool to see Hawaii's Makana selected as a finalist for its ...

Slack-key master George Kuo, holding his favorite double-neck guitar, opens the Fifth Annual “Westside” Hawaiian Slack key Guitar Festival on Sunday. Kuo revealed the split Saturday, just after a ...

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 ...