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 ...

The 26th Annual Ki Ho’alu Guitar Festival on Sunday at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center’s A&B Amphitheater in Kahului offers a welcome opportunity for music lovers to enjoy a free afternoon of some of ...

Raised at his grandfather’s ranch in Waimea, legendary Hawaiian musician Keola Beamer and his wife kuma hula Moanalani returned home to kick off the Kahilu’s 2022-23 season in grand style. Throughout ...

Several generations of slack key guitarists—from slack key masters George Kuo and Mike Kaawa to young Kahiau Lam Ho, who made his debut as a recording artist just last year—will share the stage Sunday ...

Slack key guitarists from across the islands will return to Maui for the 31st annual Ki Ho’alu Festival, held in person and livestreamed on June 26. The free, family-friendly event will take place at ...

The slack-key guitar, and the tuneful, often soothing music it is associated with, originated in Hawaii in the 19th century after Portuguese settlers introduced the guitar to native islanders, who put ...

CHATHAM -- George Kahumoku Jr. will bring his Grammy Award-winning show, Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar, to the mainland this week. The Hawaiian Treasures Celebration Tour, also featuring Grammy ...

The Paramount Theatre was built in 1929 as a place people could go to escape to a far off land. It was a place to be entertained and forget about your worries for awhile. Come escape with us to the ...

George Kahumoku Jr. shows his Three Spinach Salad with Miso Smoked Trout made with Okinawan, New Zealand, Korean spinach varieties and trout from Kulahaven aquaponic farm on Maui. “The men in my ...

Left-handed James “Bla” Pahinui learned to play on a guitar set up for a right-handed guitarist — “upside down and backwards” for him. Playing “upside down and backwards” meant hitting the guitar ...

“Obviously there’s interest in Tucson in Hawaiiana,” said impresario Don Gest, who brought Keola Beamer to a well-attended Berger Performing Arts Center gig in 1999. Keola returns January 24, ...

The slack-key-guitar master Keola Beamer comes from a venerable family of Hawaiian musicians. His concerts are island-casual, as low key as his tunings are slack. The dancing of his wife, Moanalani, ...