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 ...

Yuki Yamauchi was born in Tokyo in 1948. He became interested in Hawaiian music as a boy and began playing the steel guitar at the age of 15. While in university, he played steel guitar in a Hawaiian ...

Over the years, Black has played with many of Hawaiian music’s leading artists. Credits: Photo by Aaron Rubin Like many fellow citizens on the mainland, Bobby Black fell in love with the steel guitar ...

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 ...

Study moʻolelo (stories) and Hawaiian composition with Kawaikapuokalani Hewett, slack key guitar and ʻukulele with Kamuela Kimokeo, Hawaiian singing with Raiatea Helm, and the basics of recording ...

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 ...

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 ...