Ken Emerson will perform Sept. 24 as part of George Kahumoku Jr.’s “Slack Key Show” at the Napili Kai Beach Resort. Courtesy photo Back in the early 1980s you could find Grammy-winning guitarist Ken ...
The guitar, the banjo, the mandolin, the fiddle, and the upright bass are just a few of the instruments commonly associated with country music. Though there is one instrument missing from that list, ...
When it comes to doing July Fourth right, you can’t go wrong by choosing an American Original. And that is exactly what Taos is delivering by inviting Junior Brown to play at its Fourth of July ...
American singer and lap steel guitar virtuoso AJ Ghent is heading to South Africa for the first time this October as part of his global tour. AJ will perform at the Carnival City Big Top Arena on 10 ...
How is it that a tiny guitar amp with origins that date back 76 years is still considered a monster tone machine today? It’s because Fender got so much right with the humble Champ combo from the start ...
What price Satisfaction? Somewhere in the vaults of a Swiss collector there's a Les Paul electric guitar purchased by Keith Richards in 1964 and played on the Stones' No. 1 hit. Estimates put the ...
KAILUA — 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 his ...
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 ...