According to Matthew Swalinkavich, known by fans as Makana, there are obvious reasons that few musicians master slack key guitar. "It's a very challenging style technically, and it's hard to learn ...

Patrick Landeza has spent much of his life studying Hawaiian music history. Now, he’s actually part of it. The Berkeley-born musician made history recently when he became the first mainland artist to ...

Drawing from over 20 years of teaching experience twotime GRAMMY Nominated and eighttime Na Hoku Hanohano Awardwinning guitarist Jeff Peterson shares his knowledge of Hawaiian slack key guitar during ...

To learn slack key guitar, you may want to start with the roots. First, you fly over to Maui, then get transportation to Kahakuloa on the northern part of the island, about an hour an a half from ...

NOT LONG AGO, East Bay native Patrick Landeza was the most sought-after slack-key guitar teacher and performer in the Bay Area. By 2006, the now 35-year old had released three albums and toured the ...

Peterson plays the slack-key guitar, which is a type of guitar playing that originated in Hawaii. In the 1830s, visiting Spanish and Mexican cowboys brought guitars to the Hawaiian cattle ranches, ...

CORVALLIS — Fall is speedily transmorphing into winter, smothering the mid-valley underneath a heavy coat of rain and gloom. On Friday, Nov. 11, however, visiting musician Jeff Peterson will help ...