When Jackson Browne was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Bruce Springsteen praised him as “simply one of the best songwriters of all time, each song is like a diamond.” This revered artist’s most memorable songs include “These Days,” “The Pretender,” “Running on ...
Henry Kapono debuts his new “Artist 2 Artist” series at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Maui Arts & Cultural Center’s McCoy Studio Theater with an intimate concert featuring Keola Beamer. The two Hawaiian icons will share music and stories from their extensive careers and answer audience ...
Jack Johnson, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Steven Tyler, Mick Fleetwood, Willie K, surfer/musician Landon McNamara and Lily Meola will all perform at the Concert for Our Lives at 5:30 p.m. Saturday at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center’s A&B Amphitheater in Kahului. The major concert ...
While he has been lauded for many years as the Jimi Hendrix of the ukulele, Jake Shimabukuro has been reticent about actually recording a Hendrix tune until now. On his forthcoming album set for summer release, the ukulele virtuoso interprets the rock legend’s epic “If 6 was 9.” “I ...
For those with a taste for exotic instrumental collaborations, the new CD “Across the Sea” (Keala Records) offers an intriguing combination of Chinese erhu player Tsun-Hui Hung, with two Na Hoku Hanohano Award-winning artists, Hawaiian steel guitarist Greg Sardinha and slack key ...
In the summer of 1969 when Edgar Winter performed with his brother Johnny Winter at the legendary Woodstock Music Festival, he discovered the transformative power of music. “Woodstock really changed my life,” he recalls. “Music had been a personal thing to me, my own escape world. But ...
