The Seattle Slack Key Festival Celebrates the Legacy of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar & Music

Played from the heart and soul and flowing with vivid tropical images, Hawaiian ki ho'alu is truly one of the great acoustic guitar traditions of the world. 

Cyril Pahinui (1950-2018) the son of musical legend, Gabby Pahinui, was, in his own right, one of Hawai‘i’s most gifted guitarists and singers. Cyril performed twice at Carnegie Hall, contributed to three Grammy Award-winning albums, received several Hoku Hanohano Awards, and recorded on more than 35 Hawaiian musical releases. As a slack key guitarist, Cyril’s technical virtuosity, rhythmic adaptations, and instrumental harmonics impart the soul of Hawaiian music, and his beautiful, emotive, and well-recognized voice renders an intimate picture of his Pacific island home.

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