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by Suzanne Kayian Jack Johnson, Willie Nelson, Mick Fleetwood, Michael McDonald and Patrick Simmons were among the artists at the April 10 Kokua for Japan benefit concert and telethon. They joined Hawaii favorites’ Henry Kapono, Jake Shimibukuro and John Cruz — among many others — at the concert which was held at the Great Lawn […]
March 31, 2011
Friday night’s April Fools Day concert with The Doobie Brothers and War on Maui promises to be a lot of fun. I recently chatted with band co-founder Patrick Simmons for my Rhythm & Views blog at Maui No Ka Oi Magazine. What I didn’t include in the R&V post: there are unsubstantiated reports that the […]
March 27, 2011
Steven Tyler flew into Maui late Thursday (3/24) night after taping last week’s memorable American Idol elimination show. During the show, Stevie Wonder surprised Tyler by singing “Happy Birthday” (as seen in this YouTube video), while the AI judge was presented with a Peter Max portrait and a cake bearing sparklers. Max painted a series […]
March 14, 2011
Lukas Nelson recently took two weeks off from his busy touring schedule to return home, to Maui. While here, he graciously agreed to an interview. He also agreed to visit my daughter’s school, of which he is an alumni. I wrote about him at my Rhythm & Views entertainment blog, I attended the school performance/visit, […]
February 23, 2011
It never fails. David Bauss always turns me on to cool music. It could be any genre — from Grateful Dead-flavored shows to DJs from New York City — getting a tip from Milagro’s top bartender always leads to a great show. I ran into him the other night and by the next day, I […]
February 21, 2011
The recent post about Wolf received such great feedback, I thought I’d dig up another cool bass player photo. You know what they say about positive reinforcement. It works. Thanks for checking out my work. This photo was taken the first time I saw Kanekoa — one of my favorite bands. It was Halloween 2010 […]
June 18, 2010
This week was the launch of the Maui Film Fest, which I had never attended. I’m usually in California at this time of the year, so I really never paid much attention. However, when I heard that Zac Efron was receiving the Shining Star award on opening night (June 16), I knew that I had […]
May 24, 2010
Willie Nelson’s Haircut Takes My Mind Off The Music As I prepared for my next Rhythm & Views blog, I began thinking about all of the things happening this past weekend on Maui. Slightly Stoopid was in Lahaina — and on my plane flight back from California. Jim Gaffigan was at the MACC — and […]
April 15, 2010
Anuhea, The Throwdowns and Gail Swanson are among the 2010 finalists for The Hawai’i Academy of Recording Arts Na Hoku Hanohano Awards. Anueah Jenkins was nominated in the Most Promising Artist of the Year category along with Rodney Cazimero, Kolohe Kai, Kulewa and Alvin Okami. The Maui native’s debut album, “Anuhea,” also was nominated for Contemporary Album of the Year along with Cecilio and Kapono’s “C […]
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April 10, 2011
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