Steel guitar music started on the island of Oahu — and teachers there are working with the next generation of students to continue the tradition. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times) Quincy Cortez ...

KAILUA, Hawaii — Quincy Cortez plucks at a slim black box laid across his legs, his fingers flashing silver. Steel strings twang with each pull from the metal rings — wearable guitar picks — adorning ...

Six years ago, Megan Hickey was just another young Brooklynite who saw her future as “singing, writing music, and probably playing the bass poorly.” Then one day she had a vision and was soon teaching ...