Even if you don’t know exactly what a Hawaiian slack key guitar (or ki ho’alu) is, you can probably easily recognize its music. It’s that smooth, sweet sound that evokes island breezes and warm sunny ...

The 25th annual Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Festival took place Sept. 18 at the Outrigger Kona Resort featuring a line-up of the state’s most talented players. Billy V was the MC for the nearly ...

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 ...

Waimea’s Sonny Lim performs Sunday evening at Kahilu Theatre. ADVERTISING Waimea’s Sonny Lim performs Sunday evening at Kahilu Theatre. The intimate evening of acoustic and slack key guitar features ...

When he’s not playing lead guitar touring and recording with “Weird Al” Yankovic, Grammy winning musician Jim “Kimo” West pursues his love for Hawaiian slack key guitar. Releasing several acclaimed ...

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 ...

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 ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In February it will be five years since the great Gary Moore passed away. As part of their ...

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