Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the founding of Halau Na Lei Kaumaka O Uka, acclaimed Na Hoku-Award-winning kumu hula Napua Greig-Nakasone will present a special “Mohala Mai” concert on Saturday in Castle Theater at Maui Arts & Cultural Center in Kahului. “It’s really ...
Loved by loyal fans from as far afield as China and Vietnam, Air Supply’s founders, Russell Hitchcock and Graham Russell, still reign as kings of timeless, romantic ballads. “We have a lot of fans who enjoy our music,” notes Hitchcock. “We have people who saw us 30 years ago and ...
The most famous drum and bass duo in reggae history, Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare, will perform with their Taxi Gang group and Marty Dread at the Maui Theatre on Saturday evening.The Grammy Award-winning reggae superstars, known as the "Riddim Twins," have played with many reggae icons including Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Black Uhuru and Gregory Isaacs, and music legends like the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and Sting.In his "Life" memoir, Rolling Stone Keith Richards recalled playing with the iconic duo. "One of the greatest sessions I played on was when I went to Jamaica, and Sly Dunbar ...
Touring last year with keyboardist Chick Corea, banjo virtuoso Bela Fleck reported he felt a little intimidated playing with the jazz icon."I'm always on the very edge of my seat trying to hang in there," Fleck told Canada's The Globe and Mail. "I'm facing my doubts about whether I can really play jazz or not, so playing with one of the greatest jazz musicians of all time is certainly a good way to test that.""Bela and I have known each other for 20 years or more," says Corea. "It's always a pleasure when we get together to play. It seems when we finish one tour, we start thinking about ...
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of his legendary group Brasil '66, Grammy-winning Brazilian icon Sergio Mendes has been busy touring and recording.Recently presenting "An Olympic Carnival" concert over two nights at the Hollywood Bowl, he also just performed at the Tokyo Jazz Festival. And in time for the Olympics in Rio de Janiero, Mendes released the horn-driven samba "Se Ligae," teamed with Baby do Brasil and Rogerio Flausino.So how does it feel to be celebrating the 50th anniversary of Brasil '66?"It's wonderful," says the celebrated keyboardist/composer/bandleader. "I feel blessed ...
A pioneering guitarist, Larry Coryell blazed the early jazz-rock fusion trail in ground-breaking groups, and playing with legends from Charles Mingus, Sonny Rollins and John McLaughlin, to Chick Corea and Wayne Shorter. Comfortable in almost any style from incendiary electric fusion to the most delicate acoustic guitar, Coryell also embraced classical and Indian music, and lately he's delved into opera."War and Peace," his first opera based on Leo Tolstoy's classic novel, received its world premiere in Slovenia in 2014. Next year he will premiere his latest opera, "Anna Karenina" (based ...
