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The mellow ki hoalu (slack-key) music will show you a bit of Hawaii's paniolo (cowboy) history and knee-slapping banter among the musicians as they tune their guitars. The outstanding George Kahumoku Jr.'s Slack Key Show: Masters of Hawaiian Music ( 888/669–3858 is a weekly concert held at the Napili Kai Beach Resort, where you can catch Grammy-winning slack-key legends in an intimate setting.

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This family-friendly event is free to the public and held outdoors at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center. Many of the radio stations on Maui play plenty of Hawaiian music, and concerts performed by island favorites fill with fans of all ages.Ī couple of don't-miss opportunities to hear Hawaiian music on Maui: Every June, the annual Ki Hoalu (Hawaiian Slack Key) Guitar Festival ( attracts top local musicians. This is one of the few folk-music traditions in the United States that is fully embraced by the younger generation, with no prodding from their parents or grandparents. Hawaiian music today includes a stylistic technique on acoustic guitar-slack-key and steel guitar-along with the celebrated ukulele (a four-string guitar about the size of a violin), and vocals that vary from traditional chants to euphoric falsettos, or more reggae-inspired compositions. It's a unique blend of the strings and percussion favored by the early settlers and the chants and rituals of the ancient Hawaiians.

You may not think about Hawaii's music until you step off a plane on the Islands, and then there's no escaping it.