Our Slack Key Album of the Week is the incredible Marketplace by the late master Cyril Pahinui 🌺. Released to celebrate his recognition as a National Heritage Fellow this collection features intimate solo recordings that were captured in the 1990s. It captures Cyril at his most creative weaving together the "chop suey" of influences he grew up with in Honolulu's Chinatown from jazz to traditional Hawaiian folk. In this video Cyril performs the classic "Waialae" alongside @Peter Moon Jr. This so
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Our Slack Key Album of the Week is the incredible Marketplace by the late master Cyril Pahinui 🌺. Released to celebrate his recognition as a National Heritage Fellow this collection features intimate solo recordings that were captured in the 1990s. It captures Cyril at his most creative weaving together the "chop suey" of influences he grew up with in Honolulu's Chinatown from jazz to traditional Hawaiian folk. In this video Cyril performs the classic "Waialae" alongside @Peter Moon Jr. This so
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Slack Key — MAKANA MUSIC
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🌺 We’re thrilled to share our “Best of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar” compilation, gathering 50 of the finest slack‑key gems ever recorded! Ideal for relaxation, focus, meditation, or simply setting a soothing background ambiance, these warm, melodic fingerstyle sounds embody the gentle spirit of the islands. Showcasing legendary masters Keola Beamer, George Kahumoku Jr., and George Kuo, this album is a true celebration of Hawai‘i’s rich musical heritage. 🎧 Listen now on every major streaming plat
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🌺 We’re thrilled to share our “Best of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar” compilation, gathering 50 of the finest slack‑key gems ever recorded! Ideal for relaxation, focus, meditation, or simply setting a soothing background ambiance, these warm, melodic fingerstyle sounds embody the gentle spirit of the islands. Showcasing legendary masters Keola Beamer, George Kahumoku Jr., and George Kuo, this album is a true celebration of Hawai‘i’s rich musical heritage. 🎧 Listen now on every major streaming plat
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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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🎸🌺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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🌿🎸 Ray Kāne — “That’s Slack Key Guitar” with Aunty Diana Aki — “Honaunau Paka” A true Kona pairing: kūpuna slack key and a beloved voice from Kaʻū. In this clip, Ray Kāne holds down the kī hōʻalu chair with his gentle, nahenahe touch while Aunty Diana Aki steps forward to sing “Hōnaunau Paka.” His guitar moves in that unhurried, rolling way he was famous for; her vocal rides on top, full of warmth and the storytelling style that made her “the Songbird of Kaʻū.” It feels more like you’ve been i
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🌿🎸 Ray Kāne — “That’s Slack Key Guitar” with Aunty Diana Aki — “Honaunau Paka” A true Kona pairing: kūpuna slack key and a beloved voice from Kaʻū. In this clip, Ray Kāne holds down the kī hōʻalu chair with his gentle, nahenahe touch while Aunty Diana Aki steps forward to sing “Hōnaunau Paka.” His guitar moves in that unhurried, rolling way he was famous for; her vocal rides on top, full of warmth and the storytelling style that made her “the Songbird of Kaʻū.” It feels more like you’ve been i
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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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🏔️🤙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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🌺 BIG NEWS: the Slack Key Heaven tracklist is here. These are the songs Dennis Kamakahi would pour out on stage for years—pieces like “Maui Mountain Home” that lived in his concerts and in our memories. Now, at last, they are available as an official recording you can add to your library. Release date: Oct 24. Presave now so it arrives the moment it drops: https://lnk.to/slackkeyheaven Tracklist Ko'olau 'Ui — 3:32 Waipi'i — 3:24 He Mele No Pepe (Song for Baby) — 5:16 Twin Peaks Slack Key — 4:42
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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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Learn Slack Key Guitar from Makana at www.Patreon.com/MakanaMusic "Blue Water Dolphin Song" composed by Keola Beamer is one of my all-time favorite slack key songs. Make that one of my all-time favorite songs, period. When I first heard it years ago, I let it play on repeat for a week! Keola recorded it on multiple guitars and his version is enchanting. Here I have arranged it for a single slack key guitar. Aloha! Makana | Makana Music
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In this clip from the documentary "Kī Hōʻalu: Slack Key The Hawaiian Way," musician Lisa Smith shares what makes slack key guitar so special—and why it deserves more recognition. She describes it as amazing—not just in sound, but in spirit: The clip ends with the nahenahe strumming of slack key by Dennis Kamakahi and George Kuo for the song, "Pauoa Ka Liko Ka Lehua." | The Hawaiian Legacy Foundation
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