Melting Hot
Saturday & Sunday (March 13 & 14), 7:30pm, McCoy Theater, MACC, $35
Lima Wela (or “Las Manos Calientes,” en Espanol, or for those who like to stick to good old English, “Hot Hands”) is the multi-cultural acoustic guitar trio composed of Hawaiian Willie K., Spaniard Joe Cano, and Israeli Avi Ronen. True to their name, this musical group has the hottest, quickest hands in the Pacific. Their nimble fingers jump from one string to the next with such speed that it’s almost disturbing, and their performances make clear why the Hawaiians named the ukulele after the “uku,” or jumping flea. Never static, their music constantly stays a step ahead of listeners—smoothly transitioning from a ballad made for a hot, dusky Arabian night, to the cool music your favorite uncle plays from beside a beer cooler in the shade, before turning a 180 to showcase stylized Latin rhythms befitting any Don Juan’s seduction or showdown scene. This stylistic amalgamation has been coined “Mediterranean Pacific Jazz” by founder Willie K., and the weekend worth of shows are part of the MACC’s Local Voices Mele Series. 242-7465, mauiarts.org. [SB]
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