With school work and sports, sometimes it's hard to find the time. The Hawaiian steel guitar became a cultural force in America at the turn of the century, popularized by troupes of traveling ...

Esteemed musician Alan Akaka will perform at the free ninth annual Maui Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival on April 28 to 30 at the Ka‘anapali Beach Hotel and the Queen Ka‘ahumanu Center.

With World War II looming, his family moved to nearby Mobile, Alabama, where young Lloyd learned to play the Hawaiian stringed guitar. By ten he’d moved on to the steel guitar – a Bakelite ...