It was Willie K’s dad, Manu Kahaiali’i, who gave Barry Flanagan his first slack key guitar lesson, which eventually led him to forming the acclaimed, multi-Na-Hoku Award winning contemporary Hawaiian ...

To learn slack key guitar, you may want to start with the roots. First, you fly over to Maui, then get transportation to Kahakuloa on the northern part of the island, about an hour an a half from ...

For some instant aloha spirit - and possibly an instant audience - just strum a few chords on the ukulele, or pick out a slack-key guitar tune. Learning how to produce the signature sounds of Hawaii ...

NOT LONG AGO, East Bay native Patrick Landeza was the most sought-after slack-key guitar teacher and performer in the Bay Area. By 2006, the now 35-year old had released three albums and toured the ...