Slack Key

I had an office, Peewee was in the kitchen, Lester Chen at Reception, Sweetie in Housekeeping, Tran at the bar, Keola in Maintenance, Kawika in the garden; the poolside lanai, the narrow lobby -- Amo Ferretti arranging the flowers; the potted palms, the monkeypod tree out front, the slack-key Hawaiian music. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Hours of Arthur Lyman-style exotica and slack-key guitar music get lost in the background -- as with drinks, generously mix in music that will make the guests happy. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Kai was leading some of his young cousins in a rousing, rather aggressive tune that sounded vaguely familiar, although Bonnie was sure she had never heard it played on ukulele and slack-key guitar before. ❋ Jennifer Chiaverini (2010)

Andy Summers of the Police, the master of ceremonies, introduces the first contestant -- Makana, who blends country finger-picking with the slack-key style of his native Honolulu. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I have loved music since I was a child, and have any number of musical heroes, from Andres Segovia to Bob Dylan to Hawaiian slack-key guitarist Keola Beamer to Richard Thompson to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. ❋ Bruce Schauble (2007)

A Cajun guitarist did a riff on Hawaiian slack-key. ❋ By LAWRENCE DOWNES (2011)

Nate Chinen explains the controversies behind the Hawaiian music category, which in its seven years of existence has been dominated by one man, Daniel Ho, and his albums of slack-key guitar. ❋ By THE NEW YORK TIMES (2011)

During the ceremony, the couple was serenaded by the soft Hawaiian slack-key guitar music of Steven ❋ Unknown (2010)

Manager and music maven Luana Maitland makes guests feel right at home, if your home includes the slack-key artistry of ❋ Jeanne Cooper (2010)

Hawai'i's talented slack-key, ukulele and steel guitar artists, singers and composers. ❋ Jeanne Cooper (2010)

Main mode: Silky vocals in Western and slack-key arrangements ❋ Jeanne Cooper (2010)

Polynesian rhythms and the slack-key stylings so easily identified with the Hawaiian Islands, ❋ Unknown (2010)