Quincy Cortez plucks at a slim black box laid across his legs, his fingers flashing silver. Steel strings twang with each ...

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 ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Royal Hawaiian Center will celebrate the unique sounds of Hawaiian music at its 2nd Annual Waikiki Steel Guitar Week from July 9 through 14, 2018. Presented in ...

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 ...

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: ...

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 ...

The demise of the Hawaiian Grammy was sewn into its birth. The problem began In 2005, when the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences awarded the first ever Grammy for Best Hawaiian Music ...

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 ...