Master Hawaiian guitarist Dennis Kamakahi plays Slack Key Festival
Dennis Kamakahi. Photo by Oceanfront Photography Some people are gifted. Musical prodigies. Scholars. Artists. Some people are teachers. Graced with patience, charisma, and a capable energy to guide others to fully realize their own gifts. And some people are both of these things. Dennis Kamakahi is one of those people. A slack key guitarist, recording artist, music composer, teacher, historian, Christian minister, multiple Grammy award winner, multiple Ha Hoku Hanohano (Hawaiian Grammy) winner, member of the Screen Actors Guild, and inductee in the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame, Kamakahi is foremost a storyteller. He was raised in Hawaii, in a family of musicians. He will be playing this Sunday at the 6th annual Southern California Slack Key Festival in Redondo Beach, in the company of the most respected names in Hawaiian guitar music today, including Cyril Pahinui, Leward Kaapana, Jeff Peterson, Jim “Kimo” West, and Ken Emerson. The festival, founded by Mitch Chang, is the most prestigious of its kind on the mainland and brings together ki ho’alu (slack key guitar) players for an afternoon of song, hula, and traditional food at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center. Slack Key…
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