Words are not George Winston's strong suit. Instead, the pianist, guitarist and harmonica player prefers to make his instruments his voice. Winston has built a career performing live and recording his ...

KANEOHE (KHNL) -- Grammy Award nominated slack-key artist Ledward Kaapana is reunited with a most special instrument this week. Oh, that familiar sound to many in Hawaii and around the world. That ...

James Daniel Pahinui — known for most of his life as “Bla,” the greatest left-handed slack key guitarist of his generation — died Wednesday at his home in Mokuleia after a long battle with cancer. He ...

When I think of Hawaiian music, I first think of the ukulele, but slack-key guitar is just as uniquely Hawaiian. Ledward “Led” Kaapana is a ukulele virtuoso, but to my ear, he shines brightest when ...

Acoustic music lovers will want to catch the Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Festival at Camden County College’s Dennis Flyer Theater on Thursday, April 13. The festival is among Acoustic Guitar Magazine’s ...

Slack key guitar is the sound of Hawaiian fellowship, protest, and love for native land. Most scholars trace the origin of the indigenous fingerstyle technique—named for the fact that the strings are ...

About the Album: "Ki ho'a lu," or slack Key guitar, refers to the altered tunings of the acoustic guitar that are unique to the musical heritage of Hawaii. The beautiful slack Key sound is synonomous ...