Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Steel guitar music started on the island of Oahu — and teachers there are working with the next generation of students to continue ...

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 ...

Musicians and fans of the steel guitar gathered to celebrate Hawaii’s gift to the world at the second annual Kona Steel Guitar Festival held April 4-6 at the Outrigger Kona Resort and Spa.

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 ...

If you have music fans in Hawaii, they won't want to miss this. The Waikiki Beach Walk and Outrigger Enterprises Group will present the Second Annual Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival this July as part ...

From the lilting music of Hawaii to the wail of country and western, from the tropical islands to Kalamazoo, the Hawaiian steel guitar made its mark during the 20th century. But the history of the ...

HONOLULU (KITV4) – Keiki students from the Alan Akaka’s Ke Kula Mele Hawai’i School of Hawaiian Music will be performing some of Hawaii’s favorite traditional and contemporary Hawaiian music at the ...

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 pull from the metal rings — wearable guitar picks — adorning his right thumb, ...