WAIMEA — The Kahilu Theatre will present its 23rd Annual ‘Ukulele &Slack Key Guitar Festival this Friday and Saturday. This year’s festival showcases celebrated Hawaiian music artists Ledward Kaapana, ...

Masters will join forces with the community for a special kanikapila Thursday at Kahilu Theatre to kick off the 13th annual Waimea Ukulele and Slack Key Guitar Festival. ADVERTISING Masters will join ...

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 ...

The 21st anniversary of the Slack Key Show will feature George Kahumoku from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Oct. 30 at Napili Kai Beach Resort. The festivities at 5900 L. Honoapi’ilani Road in Lahaina will kick off ...

Considering that his father’s band performed immediately before Jimi Hendrix took the stage at the legendary Woodstock festival in 1969, it’s not surprising Brian Witkin grew up dreaming of becoming a ...

This article appears in print in the November 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. What happens when you tune guitar strings down, so they’re slacker—which is how the Hawaiian slack-key style got its ...