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

🏔️🤙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

🌿🎸 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