CELTIC MUSIC ON MAUI AND OAHU
RED HOT CELTIC MUSIC NEWS
Every Sunday morning -- on Mana'o Radio 91.5 fm listen to '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 will be available 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. He often has interview clips with special guests such as Liam Clancy, Paddy Moloney, Michael Black, Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas, Joanie Madden, and Robbie O'Connell to name but a few.........
Hamish often does themed shows, where he talks about the traditions of the Celtic people and the music. These have included themes on the Celtic festivals of Samhain, Imbolc, Beltane, Lughnasadh, the Summer Solstice and the Winter Solstice. Also modern themes of Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, St.Patrick's Day, Valentines Day, and Canada Day and Independence Day. Other subjects have included Robert Burns, Sea Shanties, Celtic Emigration, and Irish Rebel Songs, and a musical tour of the Celtic Lands. He has even done some Celtic Rock Shows on a Saturday night slot.
- Every Saturday evening -- come for local Irish music with The Celtic Tigers at 'Mulligan's on the Blue', the home of Irish music on Maui, in Wailea on the Blue Golf Course, opposite the Kea Lani Hotel. 6.30pm - 9.30pm. Good food, and other great music nightly. Call to confirm 874-1131 for more details.
- Every Sunday morning -- on Mana'o Radio 91.5 fm listen to 'Sunday Solstice', 2 hours of great Celtic music played by Hamish of Maui Celtic from 8-10am. Available online wordwide too (with fast connection) at 'www.manaoradio.com' !
Every Sunday evening -- see Maui's own Irish band, The Celtic Tigers at 'Mulligan's on the Blue', the home of Irish music on Maui, in Wailea, 6.30 - 9.30pm.
Always a good craic. Come down and join Kevin O'Kennedy on whistle & vocals, Murray Thorne on guitar & vocals, and Kris Thomas on drums. Be sure to ask for their new CD "Roar". Call 874-1131 for more details.- Every 2nd and 4th Sunday - Roger McKinley and the newly formed Maui’s Piping Highlanders will play at ‘Mulligans on the Blue’ in Wailea, at 6.30pm, and again at the Celtic Tigers break. Sponsored by owner Mike O’Dwyer, Piper Roger Mckinley will perform twice a month, accompanied by great talent pulled from our pool of local bagpipers and other Celtic musicians. On its first night, the band opened for The Celtic Tigers with Roger and the talented fingers of pipers David Asher and Logan Farrell, accompanied by the rock solid drumming of Bud Clark and Cary Ritt. Regardless of the size of the band on any given Sunday, you are guaranteed a great kilted performance!
- Every Saturday morning hear the Oahu KTUH Celtic music radio show "The Travellers' Dream" with DJ Zoe, online at http://www.ktuh.org. Celtic music from 8-9am, and world music for the whole The Travellers' Dream program from 6-9am. http://www.ktuh.org/zoe
- Every Saturday Evening - on HPR 90.7 fm at 8pm (just after Prairie Home Companion) hear an hour of Celtic music on The Thistle & Shamrock, hosted from Scotland by Fiona Ritchie. Check out her most recent playlist & learn about her and the program at: http://www.npr.org/programs/thistle/playlists/index.html
- Every Monday afternoon hear the Chicago Celtic music radio show "Blarney on the Air", hosted by Shay Clarke and Bill Margeson - what a craic ! Bill and Shay are great guys and play fantastic music on Mondays from 7-9pm Central Time on WDCB Public Radio (90.9fm Chicago), from the College of DuPage, online at www.WDCB.org - Hawai'i time it would be 3-5pm Monday afternoon. Give it a listen online........
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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.
Thursday-Sunday May 22nd-25th - 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!'
SATURDAY DECEMBER 7th-8th, '07 -- despite a week of horrendous weather, devastation in the Kula area, and a very late change of venue, Maui Celtic was proud to present, AN IRISH CHRISTMAS WITH MICHAEL BLACK, the great Irish singer of the famous Black Family (Mary, Frances, Shay, Michael and Martin), live in concert at MULLIGANS ON THE BLUE IN WAILEA, and at THE HALEAKALA WALDORF SCHOOL, Kula, Upcountry Maui. They were legendary fun evenings of traditional Irish songs and stories, with some great audience participation ! Michael was joined on percussion by the brilliant Peter Della Croce, local Maui drummer. More info on Michael black at www.black-brothers.com
The biggest Scottish event in the Hawaiian Islands, is 'The Hawaiian Scottish Association's' yearly 'Scottish Festival' held by the bandstand in Kapiolani Park, Waikiki, Oahu on the 1st weekend of April, from 10 a.m to 5 p.m. Maui Celtic is over there in the trade tent all weekend, nearby the Clan tent, where you can find out more about your family history. There are also Pipe Bands, traditional music, dancing and Highland Games. A fun weekend, well worth a trip from the neighbor islands.
Hamish Burgess of Maui Celtic now has a Celtic Music Radio Show, on Sunday mornings from 8-10am on Mana'o Radio (91.5 fm on Maui), 2 hours of great Celtic music. It is available online too (with fast connection) at www.manaoradio.com !
Hamish often does themed shows, where he talks about the traditions of the people and the music. These have included themes on the Celtic festivals of Samhain, Imbolc, Beltane, Lughnasadh, the Summer Solstice and the Winter Solstice. Also modern themes of Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, St.Patrick's Day, Valentines Day, and Canada Day and Independence Day. Other subjects have included Robert Burns, Sea Shanties, Celtic Emigration, and Irish Rebel Songs, and a musical tour of the Celtic Lands. He has even done some Celtic Rock Shows on a Saturday night slot.
PAST CELTIC MUSIC EVENTS
Please see the NEWS ARCHIVE page for past Celtic music events.
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 !
Strangely
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" with 13 pipers and 5 drummers. The band is a non-profit organization volunteering our 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.
Solo 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 at the VFW Hall
in Kihei, beginning at sunset. There is bagpiping, dancing, singing, poetry
and of course, a haggis.
There is a second Robert Burns Night, presented by Maui Celtic at Maui's Irish Pub, "Mulligan's on the Blue" in Wailea. At the last one the boys of "The Maui Celtic Pipes and Drums" and MC John Crowe were
in full dress uniform, and all the Burns Night traditional ceremonies took place, including 'The Selkirk Grace', the piping in (by Roger MacKinlay Pleasanton) 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 three Irish Pubs, the oldest established is "Mulligan's on the Blue", at the golf course at Wailea,
south of Kihei, where you can find the newest one, "The Dog and Duck". The second Mulligans is "Mulligan's at the Wharf", in the Wharf Cinema Center, opposite the Banyan Tree in Lahaina Town. 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 has a 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.