Slack Key News Today

Thee Sacred Souls earned Artist of the Year honors, while guitarist Stevie Salas was the Country Dick Montana Lifetime Achievement Award recipient at Tuesday's awards fete at Humphreys Concerts by the Bay.

Local author Rachael Cohen will host a succulent art workshop in celebration of her book, "Self-Care for Eco-Anxiety." Also, we discuss two upcoming film festivals. And we have your weekend arts preview.

Slack Key ‘Ohana’s latest album “Hawaiian Cowboy,” impressively lassoed the No. 1 spot of the iTunes world music albums chart upon its release last Friday.

On Maui coming up within a week, there are free concerts by Island Style songwriter John Cruz, The Voice finalist Jason Arcilla, and the Hawaiʻi Youth Symphony with Amy Hānaiali’i. Also, the touring Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble performs. Check out Maui Now’s top 20 list here.

This week on Maui, there’s major tribute concerts to Jimmy Buffet with Jake Shimabukuro and songwriter Mac McAnnaly, and a Willie K Tribute by Makana. There’s also events celebrating Mardi Gras, Valentines Day, Chinese New Year and a football viewing for the weekend.

This week on Maui, there are concerts by Nashville songwriters and Grammy-nominated reggae singer Pato Banton, as well as Will Evans, Brother Noland in a Slack Key Show, and the Kīhei Fridays event. Coming Soon: A concert by country singer Brett Young.

While the legendary San Francisco rock band the Grateful Dead never performed on Maui, Na Hoku Hanohano Award-winning guitarist Stephen Inglis will evoke the ba

Sunday, January 14 “Fat plants” at the Botanic Garden Al Klein will talk about how growing “fat plants,” aka caudiciforms. They are challenging as well as fun.

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Hawaiian slack key legends perform live at the 26th Annual Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Festival in West Hawai’i Sunday.