This Friday, Jan. 27, you're invited to see the House Shakers perform on the rooftop at Fleetwood’s on Front St. This band is quite the stage bomb with a collection of awesome Maui musicians, and special guests like Mick Fleetwood on the drums, Rock Hendrix on the sax and amazing vocals by Gretchen Rhodes. Free. 6:30pm. Fleetwood’s on Front St., (744 Front St., Lahaina); … [Read more...] about The House Shakers at Fleetwood’s on Front Street
Maui Band
Derick Sebastian
Ukulele virtuoso and singer/songwriter Derick Sebastian is poised for nothing less than Hawaiian music greatness. With a new, all-instrumental album due out by year’s end, I predict a Na Hoku Hanohano Award on the horizon and expect that generations to come will one day revere the name Sebastian along with local legends the likes of Pahinui, Ho’opi‘i, Kamakawio‘ole, Cazimero … [Read more...] about Derick Sebastian
Henry Kaleialoha Allen
It’s the musical equivalent of sea glass, a sound drenched in Malibu rum and day-old sunshine. In its more lackadaisical moments you can almost hear the sunburned steps of slowdancing honeymooners mixed in with the beats. Uptempo, it lends itself to old-timey mischief. It may be one of the definitive elements of Hawaiian music, but don’t call it Hawaiian guitar … [Read more...] about Henry Kaleialoha Allen
Barry Flanagan
What compelled you to play this year’s Maui Film Festival? I actually called Barry [Rivers] up and asked to play because we haven’t done anything [for a while]. We’ve known each other for many, many years. And we did a full HAPA concert eight years ago on Father’s Day, and all this time has gone by. I think it might have been his first or second [Film Festival]. [Since then], … [Read more...] about Barry Flanagan
Rock Fever Remedy
If I could jam out with any drummer on the tune “When the Levee Breaks” I would have to choose James Bowersox. The guy can pull off some of the most wildly complex yet highly calculated rhythms and solos I’ve seen live, and makes it look like it’s nothing. He can go from Moon to Krupa in a heartbeat while shotgunning a tallboy of Bud. Not surprisingly, his resume contains some … [Read more...] about Rock Fever Remedy