In 1904, Joseph Kekuku, inventor of the Hawaiian steel guitar, left Hawaii to perform on the American West Coast. Newspaper critics called him the “world’s greatest guitar soloist.” Redpath Chautauqua ...
Steel guitar music started on the island of Oahu — and teachers there are working with the next generation of students to continue the tradition. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times) Quincy Cortez ...
The Hawaiian steel guitar became a cultural force in America at the turn of the century, popularized by troupes of traveling musicians from Hawaii. It evolved beyond its association with a tropical ...
It turns out that Moorhead was not the only home of the Honolulu Conservatory of Music. It had dozens of franchises across ...
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Alan Akaka is a master at producing haunting melodies and harmonies on the Hawaiian Steel Guitar. As the eight-stringed instrument rests on his lap, he glides a ...
Trumpeter Chris Botti brings his innovative stylings back to Blue Note Hawaii this weekend. Nostalgia never gets old, even though, by definition, it is concerned with the past. That’s why “My 90s ...
HONOLULU (KITV4) – The first Live Steel Guitar Music Festival has returned to Oahu. The 2022 Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival will be held on Saturday, June 11 at the Kaneohe Windward Mall and begins at ...
Quincy Cortez plucks at a slim black box laid across his legs, his fingers flashing silver. Steel strings twang with each ...
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