Experience a Beautiful, Authentic Hawaiian Tradition at the Slack Key Festival
Experience a Beautiful, Authentic Hawaiian Tradition at the Slack Key Festival
Mar 27, 2017
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‘Virtual’ 29th Annual Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Festival, June 28 | Maui Now
‘Virtual’ 29th Annual Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Festival, June 28 | Maui Now
Jun 25, 2020
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Slack Key Festival Connects Homesick with Hawaii
Slack Key Festival Connects Homesick with Hawaii
Jan 21, 2013
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🌿🎸 Dennis Kamakahi — Fretboard Journal Session (Seattle Slack Key Festival, post-’08) A quiet gem from the Fretboard Journal archives. Shortly after the Seattle Slack Key Festival, Dennis Kamakahi sits down with a 1968 Martin D-18 and does what he always did best: lets the story and the slack key speak. No big stage, no crowd noise, just Dennis, the guitar, and that deep, unhurried kī hōʻalu feel. You can hear the wood of the old Martin, the strength in his thumb pulse, and the way every line
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🌿🎸 Dennis Kamakahi — Fretboard Journal Session (Seattle Slack Key Festival, post-’08) A quiet gem from the Fretboard Journal archives. Shortly after the Seattle Slack Key Festival, Dennis Kamakahi sits down with a 1968 Martin D-18 and does what he always did best: lets the story and the slack key speak. No big stage, no crowd noise, just Dennis, the guitar, and that deep, unhurried kī hōʻalu feel. You can hear the wood of the old Martin, the strength in his thumb pulse, and the way every line
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50 Slack-Key Guitar classics, one essential collection! “Best of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar” is here 🌺—ideal for relaxing, focusing, meditating, or setting a mellow island mood. Warm Ki Ho‘alu finger-picking and gentle hula rhythms bring the Hawaiian breeze straight to you. Featuring legendary masters Keola Beamer, George Kahumoku Jr., and George Kuo, this is the definitive slack-key celebration. 🎧 Listen now: https://lnk.to/hawaiianslackkey | Hawaiian Slack Key
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50 Slack-Key Guitar classics, one essential collection! “Best of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar” is here 🌺—ideal for relaxing, focusing, meditating, or setting a mellow island mood. Warm Ki Ho‘alu finger-picking and gentle hula rhythms bring the Hawaiian breeze straight to you. Featuring legendary masters Keola Beamer, George Kahumoku Jr., and George Kuo, this is the definitive slack-key celebration. 🎧 Listen now: https://lnk.to/hawaiianslackkey | Hawaiian Slack Key
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20th Annual Slack Key Festival Sunday in Kona | Big Island Now
20th Annual Slack Key Festival Sunday in Kona | Big Island Now
Aug 27, 2012
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Led Kaapana is the Grand Master of Hawaiian slack key guitar. Slack Key Master, George Kahumoku Jr will host the Slack Key Show, Wednesday, Dec. 11th with guitarist Shem Kahawaii and hula dancer Wainani Kealoha. Enjoy great stories, sharing culture, and beautiful hula dancing. The Slack Key Show - Masters of Hawaiian Music is every Wednesday at the Napili Kai Beach Resort's open-air Aloha Pavilion on Maui. Tickets are available in advance online at SlackKeyShow.com/show-schedule or by phone at 8
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Led Kaapana is the Grand Master of Hawaiian slack key guitar. Slack Key Master, George Kahumoku Jr will host the Slack Key Show, Wednesday, Dec. 11th with guitarist Shem Kahawaii and hula dancer Wainani Kealoha. Enjoy great stories, sharing culture, and beautiful hula dancing. The Slack Key Show - Masters of Hawaiian Music is every Wednesday at the Napili Kai Beach Resort's open-air Aloha Pavilion on Maui. Tickets are available in advance online at SlackKeyShow.com/show-schedule or by phone at 8
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Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Festival • Nov. 16th Kona Style & Nov. 23 Kauai Style @outriggerkona @outriggerkauaibeachresort We're getting ready to hit the road with two more slack key guitar festivals for this year! Danny has been a part of these festivals for 25 years now, and the outer island festivals have become an annual tradition for us. We're excited to close out 2025 with festivals in two of our favorite places. Please come out if you are in the area and support kiho'alu! Mahalo to Milton
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🎸🌺Ledward Kaʻapana performing “Mauna Loa Slack Key” This sparkling live take shows Ledward at his most joyful, loose, melodic, and storytelling through every phrase. If this tune grabs you, you can also find it on his landmark album Led Live Solo from Dancing Cat, 1994, a release that captured his stage magic and introduced many listeners to the Kalapana tradition with warmth and humor. “Mauna Loa Slack Key” carries deep family lineage. Dancing Cat’s notes trace it to Ledward’s uncle, the lege
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🏔️🤙For our Slack Key Guitar community, here is an exclusive early look at “Koʻolau ʻUʻi” by Dennis Kamakahi, taken from the upcoming album Slack Key Heaven. We are sharing it two weeks early just for you. 🌺Here is Dennis in close focus with a love song to the windward side of Oʻahu. “Koʻolau ʻUʻi” means beautiful Koʻolau. The lyric lives in mist and trade winds, rain lifting off the cliffs, and that pull to return to the ridge. Dennis sings it with a steady heartbeat bass and an unhurried lin
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🌿🎸 Kawika Kahiapo — “East Side Slack Key” (@hisessions HI*Sessions Acoustic Live) HI*Sessions turns off the vocal mic and lets Kawika Kahiapo do what he does best: pure kī hōʻalu. “East Side Slack Key,” first released on his 1996 debut solo album Alana, is a laid-back instrumental built on a steady, rolling thumb pulse and singing treble lines that feel like a slow drive along the windward side. It is all touch and tone—nothing rushed, every note given time to ring. Kawika is one of the key sl
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We had a wonderful Sunday at the Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Festival: Kona Style! Mahalo to Milton Lau for having us. We always love performing at the festivals. Mahalo to everyone that came out to see the show! It was awesome to see friends and ohana in the audience. Next Sunday, we will be all flying out to Kauai @outriggerkauaibeachresort for the last festival for the year!! | Kailua Moon Music
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Various - Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Festivals - Volume 1
Feb 25, 2022
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Ledward Kaapana — Legend and Legacy (Live at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival) Hauʻoli Makahiki Hou! Happy New Year! We are kicking off the year with a celebration of Hawaiian excellence. In 2017, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival honored the rich cultural heritage of Hawaiʻi, and in this featured performance, Master Ledward Kaapana shared the "Legend and Legacy" of kī hōʻalu with the world. Even on a stage in Washington D.C., the spirit of the music remains rooted in the islands. Ledward’s pla
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Kahilu Theatre celebrates Hawaiian heritage with 23rd annual ʻUkulele & Slack Key Festival | Big Island Now
6 months ago
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Slack Key — MAKANA MUSIC
Mar 31, 2020
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Hana hou! Check out this #Throwback to last month's 2021 @Southern California Slack Key Festival featuring slack key legend @George Kuo, @Greg Sardinha, @Alan Akaka, & #AaronMahi! You can watch the FULL version on Southern California Slack Key Festival's page or on Mana Maoli's YouTube channel. #slackkey #GeorgeKuo #GregSardinha #AlanAkaka #AaronMahi #mele #livestream #music | Mana Maoli
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13th Annual Waimea ‘Ukulele and Slack Key Guitar Festival | Big Island Now
Nov 11, 2015
bigislandnow.com
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In this clip from the documentary "Kī Hōʻalu: Slack Key The Hawaiian Way," we’re reminded how music can connect us—not just to each other, but to the places music and people come from. Lisa Smith, born and raised in Honolulu, studied classical guitar at UC San Diego and has since taken her music across the globe. She grew up surrounded by Hawaiian music and studied the roots of slack key. In this clip, she explains the connection between Hawaiian slack key and Spanish music. | The Hawaiian Legac
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FacebookThe Hawaiian Legacy Foundation
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Shem Kahawaii George Kahumoku & Wainani Kealoha Our first show back | Slack Key Show - Masters of Hawaiian Music
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Another airport jam session moment from this summer's slack key guitar festivals. Please join us on August 23rd at the Waikiki Aquarium for O'ahu's annual festival! Please follow Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Festival on Facebook for more info and see which artists be on the lineup. June 29, 2025 Song: Koali @___led_kaapana @official_kahiau @dannykihoalu @da_bass_guy @hawaiianairlines | Kailua Moon Music
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Here is a video clip of LT Smooth performing last year at the Kona festival. Enjoy! | Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Festival
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Legendary slack key guitarists share style, music during 26th Annual Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Festival in Kona | Big Island Now
Oct 31, 2023
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Live @ the MACC: 30th Annual Hawaiian Slack Key Festival, June 27 | Maui Now
Jun 23, 2021
mauinow.com
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Kimberly Hope & Paul Togioka at Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Festival - Maui, Hawaii (June 26th, 2022)
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Led Kaapana - "I Kona" at Maui's Slack Key Show
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Keola Beamer Kī Hōʻalu "Loosen The Key"
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