Kris Kristofferson

October 17, 2019

During her sold-out show in July before 65,000 fans at London’s Hyde Park, Barbra Streisand reunited with, “one of my favorite leading men,” her “A Star is Born” costar Kris Kristofferson, for a historic duet on the ballad “Lost Inside of You.” “Though it had been 43 years since Streisand and Kristofferson first starred together, the chemistry between the two seemed as strong as ever,” noted People magazine. A Golden Globe-winner for his role in “A Star is Born,” Kristofferson has recorded more than 30 albums throughout his career, and written some of the ...

R. Carlos Nakai explores new territory with quartet

October 10, 2019

Previously performing on our island in concerts with Keola Beamer and Peter Kater, Grammy-nominated Native American musician R. Carlos Nakai will debut his quartet in Maui Arts & Culture Center’s McCoy Studio Theater on Saturday. A member of the Navajo-Ute tribe, Nakai is probably the ...

Richard Thompson

October 3, 2019

British musician Richard Thompson was once hailed by The Los Angeles Times as, “the finest rock songwriter after Dylan and the best electric guitarist since Hendrix.” Named by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the Top 20 Guitarists of All Time, Thompson is also a critically acclaimed, ...

Tribal Seeds

September 26, 2019

Known for their spiritually driven, rock-infused roots style of reggae, the popular Californian group Tribal Seeds headlines the second day of the Republik Music Festival Maui on Saturday at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center in Kahului. Formed in San Diego in 2003 by brothers Steven and ...

British roots reggae band Steel Pulse headlines

September 19, 2019

Since the release of their groundbreaking debut album, “Handsworth Revolution,” in 1978, Steel Pulse has railed against racism, colonialism, social injustice and environmental destruction on classic songs such as “Earth Crises, “ Ku Klux Klan,” “Tribute To The Martyrs,” ...

Blayne Asing shows why he’s Na Hoku’s ‘Most Promising Artist’ in Artist 2 Artist gig with Henry Kapono

September 12, 2019

Winning his first Na Hoku Award for Most Promising Artist in 2016, Blayne Asing’s debut album, “Young, Old Soul,” captured his talent for composing memorable, English language songs in the vein of James Taylor and John Cruz. “Both are huge influences on my music,” says Asing. “I ...