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 ...

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 ...

Ken Emerson will perform Sept. 24 as part of George Kahumoku Jr.’s “Slack Key Show” at the Napili Kai Beach Resort. Courtesy photo Back in the early 1980s you could find Grammy-winning guitarist Ken ...

Slack key virtuoso Jeff Peterson performs a concerto he composed with a North Carolina orchestra. Maui-born musician Jeff Peterson earned multiple Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards for his slack key ...

It's one of the loveliest and seemingly simplest musical sounds on Earth -- lilting melodies plucked on an acoustic guitar, as soulful as Delta blues and as soothing as a warm, whispering breeze at ...

Kala Koa Entertainment celebrates 16 years of bringing the biggest and brightest names in Hawaiian music to the 2024 Seattle Slack Key Festival returning to Town Hall Seattle on Sunday, November 10, ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Kala Koa Entertainment celebrates 17 years of bringing the biggest and ...