"HAWAIIAN STEEL" is a weekly radio program that spotlights the Hawaiian steel guitar masters [...]
The February Showcase will feature several all-star musicians playing kanikapila-style. The [...]
The Kaua‘i Steel Guitar Festival is back! [...]
This month we shine the Spotlight ON! Peter Garelllick. [...]
Stars have been added to the Hawaiian Steel Guitar Showcase's Virtual Tip Jar. [...]
From time to time Steel Trappings receives comments and inquiries from its readership. [...]
Tadashi Arakawa, revered Hawaiian steel guitarist from Yokohama, Japan, passed away on February [...]
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