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 ...
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The story of Paniolo Hawaiian cowboys and the soul of slack key music
The story of Hawaiian Paniolo cowboys and how slack key guitar music preserves their cultural heritage.
For more than 150 years, slack key guitar, or ki ho’alu, has been the “house music” of Hawaii. Islanders were introduced to guitars by Spanish and Mexican vaqueros and quickly adapted the sound 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 & ...
Opihi moemoe --Yellow ginger lei --Kilakila Haleakala --Willy's tune --Meleana e --Nahenahe --Auwe! --Punahele --Kaneohe Mama --Manini --WaEahila --Hawaiian love ...
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