Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Festival featuring Keoki Kahumoku, Jeff Peterson, Sonny Lim, Charles Michael Brotman and Kohala
The most popular of all The Cedar’s annual festivals, The Slack Key Guitar Festival will this year feature four of the Islands’ best next generation slack key players: Keoki Kahumoku, Sonny Lim, Jeff Peterson, and Charles Michael Brotman with his trio Kohala, all of whom were featured in the 2005 Grammy Award–winning recording Slack Key Guitar, Volume 2. Lobby entertainment will be provided before the show and between sets by popular local band Hawaiian Sugar, adding a warm, festive air to the entire evening. TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR AS OF 7PM 2/17!
With the sound of swaying palms, rolling oceans and echoing birds, Kiho´alu (slack key) captures the magic of the Islands. Developed more than 150 years ago, slack key refers to the altered tunings of the acoustic guitar that are unique to the musical heritage of Hawai’i.
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"The sound of acoustic and classical guitars has been a life-long obsession of mine", says 47th Grammy Award Winner Charles Michael Brotman. "There are magical moments when all the right components come together - a beautiful acoustic guitar, a...
Fifth generation slack-key guitarist Keoki Kahumoku began performing with his father, George Kahumoku, Jr., and his uncle, Moses Kahumoku, in 1990 at the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel on the Big Island of Hawai‘i. In 1992, Keoki and his family moved to the Island of...
KOHALA
KOHALA's music - an acoustic blend of island jazz - reflects the beauty of the landscape and culture found in the Kohala region on the Big Island where the acoustic guitar trio lives. Lead guitarist, GRAMMY® Award winning Charles Michael Brotman, is a...
SONNY LIM, a member of Hawaii’s famous musical Lim family, was born and raised in the heart of paniolo (cowboy) country on the Big Island. Sonny’s parents taught their children to play a variety of musical instruments. Sonny's father was a paniolo at Parker...
Major Funders
This activity is made possible in part by a grant provided by the Minnesota State Arts Board, through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature from the Minnesota arts and cultural heritage fund with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008
Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar
by Robert Moss (not verified) Mon, 01/22/2007 - 11:21pm