Following the release of his 2021 Grammy-winning More Guitar Stories, an album which was actually released in early 2020, Hawaii's Slack Key guitar great Jim "Kimo" West picks up from where he left off with the mid-2021 album release of Ka Honua Maluhia. That Hawaiian language expression translates to Peaceful World in English and as such, the 12-track album comes across as intended - a blissed out, supremely relaxing venture into state-of-the-art acoustic instrumental Slack Key guitar magic. Although it sees release following the Grammy-winning More Guitar Stories, 2021’s Peaceful World is actually intended as a worthy follow-up to Kimo’s 2018 album Moku Maluhia, which translates to Peaceful Island. As far as peace and harmony goes in the music world, both Peaceful Island and now Peaceful World are about as tranquil and meditative sounding as it gets for guitar fans. A logical extension following his ten prior solo albums, the 2021 Ka Honua Maluhia - Peaceful World album is yet another stellar showcase for Kimo’s guitar instrumentals, this time delivered in a range of new Slack Key guitar tunings, providing a colorful contrast between tracks that is accomplished by way of Kimo multi-tracking his slack-key, acoustic baritone and soprano guitars, as well as his nylon-string guitar. There are way too many highlights to pick and choose, so suffice to say that Peaceful World just keeps gaining new strengths as it moves from track-to-track while the always telling replay factor never wears out its welcome. A good example of the album’s overall sound can be heard on track 2, “Kipahulu Bound”. Inspired by village of Hana, specifically Hana’s magical area of “Kipahulu” on the Hawaiian island of Maui, the track features a fretboard match-up all played by Kimo on his acoustic baritone and slack key guitars, in two different tunings. Although overdubbed on guitars by Kimo himself, the tracks on Ka Honua Maluhia spotlights several guest artists, including George Abe (flutes, bells) and Jimmy Johnson (fretless bass). The album cover painting by veteran Hawaiian artist Harry Wishard perfectly conveys the magic in this music, while Kimo’s track-by-track liner notes, including a detailed description of the various guitar tunings implemented, provides further insights into the album. With its wealth of guitar mysticism, Ka Honua Maluhia - Peaceful World  serves the listener well as a most welcome continuation of Kimo’s already impressive discography.