[12] More modern versions of the music may include the accordion and electric and percussion instruments such as conga drums.
[20][5][21] The Library of Congress included the recording in its 1990 list of "outstanding recordings" of US folk music for meeting specific criteria including that the music emphasizes "root traditions over popular adaptations of traditional materials.
"[1]William Cumpiano, a master guitar maker and his colleagues Wilfredo Echevarría and Juan Sotomayor researched, wrote, directed and produced a short documentary about the Hawaiian Puerto Ricans and their music which includes genres such as slack-key, décima, seís and aguinaldos.
[22] Sonny Morales, a resident of the Big Island of Hawaii, was "famous for making cuatros".
[6][27] Some of the artists who played or play a variety of Puerto Rican (cach cachi) music in Hawaii:[20][28][9] The following musicians are featured in the Puerto Rican Music of Hawaii CD by the Smithsonian Folkways.