Once again, Maui will have a major presence at the annual Na Hoku Hanahano Awards in Honolulu on Saturday. Many of our musicians have been nominated in a variety of categories, with two of our acclaimed kumu hula, Napua Greig (who now goes only by Napua) and Kamaka Kukona, bestowed with the ...

Josh Smith has been lauded by blues-guitar legends such as former John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers member Coco Montoya — “plain and simple there’s no one better” and Joe Bonamassa — “Josh is one of my favorite musicians on the planet. His musical depth and guitar playing transcend the ...

Since 2013, acclaimed classical guitarist Colin Davin has traveled four times to war-ravaged Afghanistan to teach eager young students at the nation’s National Institute of Music in Kabul. Arriving in a land where music was once officially banned by the Taliban, and where there are no ...

Revered kumu hula/musician Robert Cazimero returns to the Maui Arts & Cultural Center’s Castle Theater at 7:30 p.m. Saturday for the annual Cazimero Lei Day Concert accompanied by musicians and dancers from his award-winning Halau Na Kamalei. Special guests joining him at the show will ...

To help Willie K deal with mounting health care expenses resulting from his lung cancer diagnosis, a “Mahalo Willie K Benefit Concert” will be held from 1 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the Maui Arts & Cultural Centers’s A&B Amphitheater and Yokouchi Pavilion in Kahului. Musicians ...

The “Three Maui Divas” are back. Seven years after first uniting, Napua Greig, Amy Hanaiali‘i and Raiatea Helm will return to the Maui Arts & Cultural Center in Kahului on Friday for a special concert. “We had so much fun the last concert we did together, and there have been so ...