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 ...

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 ...

When Alan Akaka was growing up, a young musician in his teens and 20s in Honolulu, he played steel guitar with some of the top names in Hawaiian music. When they spoke, he listened: Genoa Keawe: ...

KAILUA, Hawaii – 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Maui Steel Guitar Festival will present an abbreviated version of their annual event on Oct. 19 at The Shops at Wailea, with steel guitarists including Alan Akaka, Bobby Ingano, Mālie Lyman, Joel ...

We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work.

Waikīkī Steel Guitar Week is a free, week-long celebration of the Hawaiian steel guitar and Hawaiian music, held at the Royal Hawaiian Center in Waikīkī!

Join the ukulele club jam live from Windward Mall on March 21 at 9AM HST—or watch online. Stick around for the Four Strings Concert at 10:15AM featuring Alan Akaka ...