Maui Humane Society’s popular fest heads West for the first time, upping the ante with activities at their primary fundraising effort for another year of “building lifelong bonds between people and animals through education, community outreach and the prevention of cruelty.” It’s the next best way to support this organization’s important services, other than by adopting a … [Read more...] about Maui Humane Society’s Barktoberfest
Maui music
Coco Robicheaux and Hana Film Fest Happenings
“And one mo’ thang, I must confess / When I’m on my gig, that’s when I’m at my best / When your average man cuttin’ nine to five / I’m gittin’ it up into over-drive / I play fo’ the sick, I play fo’ the blind / I play fo’ the pearls, I play fo’ the swine / I play fo’ the rich, I play fo’ the poor / I play fo’ them youngsters, I play fo’ the old / I’m a musician, what you ‘spect … [Read more...] about Coco Robicheaux and Hana Film Fest Happenings
AJ Swearingen and Jonathan Beedle Simon and Garfunkel Tribute
Peas and carrots. Smuckers and Jiffy. Papaya and lime. Simon and Garfunkel. Things go together for a reason, and in the latter case that reason was some of the most tuneful, earnest folk ballads of the 1960s. Blending pitch-perfect vocal harmonies with twee, heartfelt lyrics, the duo originally dubbed Tom and Jerry produced a sound that’s not merely unique—it’s unmistakable. … [Read more...] about AJ Swearingen and Jonathan Beedle Simon and Garfunkel Tribute
Requests Turns 2-0 and Wailuku First Friday
If calculating by the cliche, three-minute (Pop) “rule,” Requests has kept us rocking for 3,504,000 songs straight. That’s 20 years, if you don’t already know, or want to do the backwards math. Two decades of the island’s only legitimate record store surviving the days of big-box booms and the most colossal #fail of the music industry to date? Score! That’s a good, long run. … [Read more...] about Requests Turns 2-0 and Wailuku First Friday
Donna De Lory
“It was really like I was just helping [Madonna] carry out her vision, as my musicians around me are [now] helping me carry out mine,” Donna De Lory told MauiTime last year, of her nearly two decades touring and performing in the Material Girl’s inner circle. “Being away from that—because I was really in her world and her vision—I can really build my own [vision] and the people … [Read more...] about Donna De Lory