Mike Hanapi has been played on NTS in shows including Reimagining Country w/ Jamal Khadar, featured first on 17 August 2024. Songs played include Hilo Hula.

Mike Hanapi (March 18, 1898, Honolulu, Hawaii - 1958) Virtuosic instrumentation and smooth vocal harmonies made Kalama's Quartet one of Hawaii's greatest pre-World War II bands. Led by Honolulu-born saxophonist-turned-steel guitarist Mike Hanapi (1898-1959), the group laid the foundation for all subsequent slack key guitar groups.

Hanapi's earliest musical experiences came as a jazz saxophonist. Together with his brother, he performed at the Chicago Exposition in 1910. According to legend, he first encountered the slack key approach to steel…