CELTIC MUSIC ON MAUI AND OAHU

 

RED HOT CELTIC MUSIC NEWS

 

Every Sunday morning -- on Mana'o Radio 91.5 fm listen to The Maui Celtic Show on 'Sunday Solstice', 2 hours of great Celtic music played by Hamish of Maui Celtic from 8-10am. For those of you not living on the island of Maui, the radio show is live online at www.manaoradio.com. Local time will be 8-10 am (Hawaii), which for the winter will now be 10am-12pm US/Canada West coast, 11-1pm Mountain time, 12-2pm central time, 1-3pm East Coast, and 6-8pm in Ireland and the UK.

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He often has interview clips with special guests such as Liam Clancy, Paddy Moloney, Michael Black, Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas, Joanie Madden, Robbie O'Connell, Archie Fisher, The Irish Rovers and the Battlefield Band to name but a few.........

OLDER CELTIC MUSIC NEWS...

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Friday, November 12th 2010 - Maui Celtic was proud to present the return of a favorite Irish singer to Maui, this time with another great guitarist - Michael Black & Jon Sanders played a dinner show at 'Mulligan's on the Blue' in Wailea on the Blue Golf Course, opposite the Kea Lani Hotel.

Michael Black Dinner SHow at Mulligan'sMichael Black is a great Irish singer of the famous Black Family (Mary, Frances, Shay, Michael and Martin) and The Black Brothers from Dublin, and has rejuvenated his solo career, starting right here on Maui with shows in 2007 and 2008. With guitar and banjo and his fine tenor voice he'll be singing traditional Irish songs and telling stories. The legendary Liam Clancy saw him perform at Mulligan's and loved it - he was thrilled with the unusual Irish songs Michael has in his repertoire, and even joined him on-stage for a song !
Based now in San Fransisco, Michael has performed with many of Ireland’s best musicians including Nollaig Casey, Paddy Keenan, John Whelan, Liz Carroll and John Doyle, and at the Celtic Colors Festival in Nova Scotia. His solo album Michael Black (2007), produced by John Doyle was voted “Album of the Year” by Celtic Connections radio show.
“There's enough pristine music tucked inside this solo collection ….to power a rocket." - The Irish Times
“This is an album that’s beautifully simple and simply beautiful….Michael’s voice shines through on every track” - Irish Music Magazine.
Featured on the album are Mary, Frances, Shay and Martin Black, John Doyle, Liz Carroll, John Williams, Dirk Powell and Seamus Egan, amongst others. Michael continues to play guitar and banjo, but his real love is the songs. Michael believes that songs and music “are good for the soul” and this inherent love of music continues to give him an emotional lift that can only inspire musical endeavors in the years to come.

Jon Sanders is recognised as a leading exponent in drop D and DADGAD guitar playing, a virtuoso bouzouki player and  tenor ukulele player. The New Zealand & Co.Kerry resident is a long-time regular of the Dingle traditional Irish music scene, playing with accordianist/singer Seamus & Brendan Begley, Michael and Mary Black, singer Eilis Kennedy, and Uillean piper Eoin Duignan, to name only a few. In NZ he is a member of  Taistealai, a  irish trad/nu-folk Auckland band. Jon's new album Twigs of the Neem Tree has received culpable praise across the music industry in its first week of release. Jon: “Bouzouki is probably my favourite instrument, leaping effortlessly over so many musical boundaries and genres - you’ll hear classical, jazz funk and contemporary acoustic styles here. And the tenor ukulele makes a perfect platform to transpose music from other instruments and bring a smile to the audience at the same time - I’ve arranged music as diverse as Irish polkas and ancient harp tunes alongside blue grass meltdowns on this album!”
"A bold explorer and an original thinker.. quantum leaping. A canny musical curiosity that refuses to be boxed in" - Siobhan Long, The Irish Times reviewing the Latitudes album.
"The whole album is a therapeutic journey through music that shows Jon's love for the bouzouki and ukulele. If music is indeed therapy then Jon Sanders has a degree in it. The Bard of the Bouzouki and the Duke of Uke" - Mike O'Hare, West Kerry Live.

Saturday, November 13th 2010 - Maui Celtic was proud to present the return of a favorite Irish singer to Maui, this time with another great guitarist - Michael Black & Jon Sanders - for the first time on West Maui ! An evening of Celtic music at a house-concert in West Maui, at the Baker Street home of Rev.Paul Tangonan in Lahaina. Folks were treated to a rare intimate evening of fine music, with unusual traditional Irish songs and tunes from Michael, accompanied by Jon with traditional tunes, and some of his own masterful compositions (see above). A great atmosphere with drinks and pupus too !

PAST CELTIC MUSIC EVENTS

Please see the NEWS ARCHIVE page for past Celtic music events......here's a couple though......

Friday, February 20th -- Maui Celtic proudly presented The World's Top Scottish Fiddler and brilliant Cellist...... ALASDAIR FRASER and NATALIE HAAS at the McCoy Studio Theater, Maui Arts and Cultural Center, Kahului. The return of Celtic music’s dazzling duo - Fraser, a musician of unsurpassed eloquence, passion and energy - paired with sizzlingly-talented cellist Natalie Haas. With cutting-edge musical explorations and driving dancing rhythms they explored lyrical sensitive airs and the dynamic soul of Scottish dance music. Special guest, Hawaiian musician Wilmont Kamaunu Kahaialii, joined Alasdair & Natalie in a tribute to Hawaiian/Scottish Princess Ka’iulani. All the scoop is on the News Archive page, with some great photos.

Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas

 

Thursday-Sunday May 22nd-25th 2009 - Maui Celtic was proud to present for the first time on Maui, four concerts from the talented Celtic music duo Tim Readman & Shona Le Mottée, witty songsmith/guitarist and smoking hot fiddler from 'Lord of the Dance'. All the scoop is on the News Archive page, with some great photos.

Mahalo for coming out to see Tim Readman & Shona Le Mottée on their tour of Maui ! Slainte and 'Way Ay, Man!'

Tim Readman and Shona Le Mottee

 

 

CELTIC MUSIC ON MAUI

 

Emigrant Celts from the various lands took their songs and music with them. Celtic music on Maui exists in the form of occasional concerts, bagpipers, and the lively traditional music scene at our local Irish Pubs, 'Mulligan's on the Blue', in Wailea, and 'Mulligan's at the Wharf', in Lahaina.

In the last few years there have been several concerts at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center in Kahului, including Gaelic Storm, Natalie Mc.Master, and the 'Spirit of the Dance' show, Lunasa, and more recently Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas (presented by Maui Celtic).

Maui Celtic has proudly presented traditional Celtic music here on Maui. Recent successes include "THE EASTER SUNDAY RISING !!", a music festival at Mulligan's on the Blue featuring SWITCHBACK from Chicago, one of America's most exciting Irish roots duos, and Maui's own 'The Haiku Hillbillys', 'The Maui Pipes and Drums', and 'The Celtic Tigers'.
He produced two great shows for MICHAEL BLACK (of the famous Irish Black Family), the dinner show at 'Mulligan's on the Blue' Wailea selling out and becoming a legendary night on Maui, with visiting guest LIAM CLANCY joining Michael on stage for a few rousing songs !
AN EVENING WITH THE CLANCY'S, at Charley's in Paia, was promoted on behalf of Debbie Casey of Irish Music Cruises (www.irishmusiccruises.com), who brought the artists to Hawaii. It was a triple act concert featuring EVANS and DOHERTY, AOIFE CLANCY and ROBBIE O'CONNELL, and special guest, Irish music legend LIAM CLANCY. This special one-off event was a highlight of Celtic music on Maui, and is still talked about !
Hamish also promotes a yearly sell-out concert by World Champion bagpiper JACK LEE, this year with top drummer J.Reid Maxwell. He has organised a mini-tour of Maui by top celtic band MOLLY'S REVENGE (with a great live radio session and several gigs around the island), and a great concert by Scotland's leading smallpipe maker and player FIN MOORE and fiddler SARAH HOY.
He also presents a yearly ROBERT BURN'S NIGHT at "Mulligan's on the Blue" in Wailea. Those that missed it will hear about it !

Map of MauiStrangely enough, there are bagpipers in the Hawaiian Islands, with several on Maui. For the last 3 years the duo of Jim Douglas Burgess and Michael Riedel were regularly seen practising on the beach parks on the West side of Maui, playing by the Lahaina Sea Wall, and playing functions around the island.

Now on Maui there is a pipe band, The Isle of Maui Pipeband, formerly called "The Maui Celtic Pipes and Drums". The band is a non-profit organization volunteering their services to play events for the Maui Fire Department and the County of Maui. Our 1st fuction was for the September 11th Memorial (2002), and the next was leading the Parade opening the Maui County Fair on October 3rd. The band is available for major community events and can be hired for corporate and private functions. All donations and contributions aid in outfitting the band with instruments and uniforms. The Isle of Maui Pipeband can be contacted through this website, and are always interested in new players.

St. Paddys PipingSolo pipers are available for public and private functions, weddings, New Year's Eve (Hogmanay), Robert Burns Day, and St.Patricks Day. Fees vary - please contact us for details.

On Maui there is a Scots community scattered across the island, that has an informal gathering on January 25th, to celebrate Robert Burns Night, presented by Maui Celtic and organized by piper Roger McKinley at Maui's Irish Pub, "Mulligan's on the Blue" in Wailea, beginning at sunset. There is bagpiping, dancing, singing, poetry and of course, a haggis.
The first one saw the boys of "The Maui Celtic Pipes and Drums" and MC John Crowe in full dress uniform, and all the Burns Night traditional ceremonies took place, including 'The Selkirk Grace', the piping in (by Roger McKinley) and the Address 'To A Haggis', many toasts with much fine Scotch whiskey, and Robert Burns' poetry. The pipe band played, followed by the 'Celtic Tigers' playing traditional Irish and Scottish music, and at the break more piping and of course, "Auld Lang Syne"...

Maui has two Irish Pubs, the oldest established is "Mulligan's on the Blue", at the golf course at Wailea, south of Kihei. In Kihei opposite the big whale, you can find the newest one, "The Dog and Duck". Certain nights local musicians play Celtic music, joined by visiting players from the old homelands, and the occasional bagpiper. The local Maui band is The Celtic Tigers, who always get the place going ! Kevin, the whistle player also had a great band called An Ril. For current schedules of the bands, go to our EVENTS page.
Both Mulligan's are the place to be on St.Patricks Day, when they have an all day and evening party with pipers and Celtic music.
To visit Mulligan's on our LINKS page click on CELTIC MUSIC ON MAUI.

 

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