Q: You have a new Christmas album. You released “Kimo's Hawaiian Slack-Key Christmas" in 2008. How would you say this CD differs? A: “Ki Ho'alu Christmastime" is my second holiday CD. I recorded it ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Slack Key Show – Masters of Hawaiian Music will mark the holiday season with two special performances at the open-air ...

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 ...

Patrick Landeza is coming out of (semi) retirement to perform a big Bay Area show. Having pretty much stayed out of the performance spotlight in recent years — while concentrating on his many other ...

The slack-key guitar looks and sounds similar to the acoustic guitar, but also allows for open tuning. Open tuning is when the strings are tuned in such a way that when all are played together, they ...

Express contributor Russell Carlson previews Wolf Trap’s two-day Slack Key Guitar showcase. While its exact origin remains somewhat of a mystery, slack-key guitar is an indigenous Hawaiian art form ...