#Willie K

Longtime Maui resident Dave Russell began his audio engineering career volunteering at a Lahaina studio — a path that ultimately led him to record Steely Dan’s Grammy-winning “Two Against Nature.”

On Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025, Maui Film Commissioner Brian Kohne will address the Rotary Club of Kīhei-Wailea, presenting on the topic of “Maui’s Nascent Motion Picture Industry.”

This week on Maui, there are concerts by Nashville songwriters and Grammy-nominated reggae singer Pato Banton, as well as Will Evans, Brother Noland in a Slack Key Show, and the Kīhei Fridays event. Coming Soon: A concert by country singer Brett Young.

An elegant and impactful, new, coffee-table book titled MĀLAMA MAUI: Music Photography from Lahaina, has just been released. One hundred percent of the profits from sales of the book will be donated to the Maui United Way Fire Disaster Relief Fund.

The new book features more than 80 interviews compiled over the course of 40 years. Many musicians featured in the publication reference how the Hawaiian islands impacted them,

The month of June 2021 has been proclaimed “Willie K Month” in the County of Maui. Maui Mayor Michael Victorino issued the proclamation on Friday, May 28, 2021 during a press briefing, recognizing the legendary musician.

The Kahaialiʻi ʻOhana will hold a Celebration of Life for William Awihilima Kahaialiʻi on Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at Wahikuli Wayside State park in West Maui from 2-4 p.m.

Live @ the MACC is presenting a free streaming concert on Saturday, April 3 at 7:30 p.m. featuring Maui singer, songwriter and musician, Kaleo Phillips. The virtual concert is live-streamed from the Castle Theater stage and also features lead guitarist, Wailau Ryder and the hula artistry of Phillip’s wife, Pakalana.

As 2020 comes to an end — hallelujah! — Maui Now takes a look back at the year like no other, when masks became fashion items, Old Lahaina became a ghost town and Maui lost an icon, Willie K.

World-famous, award-winning musician Mick Fleetwood donated a Wm. Knabe & Co. Baltimore Fleetwood family piano to Maui Memorial Medical Center on behalf of late beloved musician Willie K.

Maui Mayor Michael Victorino is providing updates on Pacific Media Group’s network of Maui stations as the County continues to adjust to the COVID-19 pandemic.  Today, the mayor spoke with Ed Kanoi and Charly Espina-Takahama of 99.9 KISS FM on Maui, and shared his condolences on the passing of Hawaiian music icon Willie K, and Maui’s transition to the governor’s latest 8th Supplemental Emergency Proclamation.

Legendary Maui Musician and Hawaiian music icon Willie K died on Monday night after a long battle with lung cancer. He was 59. A message to his fans notes he passed away in his home in Wailuku, surrounded by his ʻohana.

Legendary Maui Musician Willie K says that his cancer diagnosis is now terminal, but vowed to keep “rocking,” in a Facebook message to fans on Wednesday.

Maui Arts & Cultural Center and Stage 4 have announced the annual Willie K & Friends 2020 Bluesfest on Saturday, Jan. 4 in the MACC’s A&B Amphitheater/Yokouchi Pavilion.

For the 12th year running, Hollywood film producer Shep Gordon will host his holiday celebration that has become known by many as the “world’s most exclusive New Year’s Eve party.”

This yearʻs Willie K & Friends Bluesfest will feature guest artists Gretchen Rhodes, John Akapo, and the Deborah Vial Band with special appearances from Alice Cooper and Dave Mason. 

Here is a line up of todayʻs fair events and entertainment.

The Kīhei 4th Friday Town Party will be held on Aug. 23 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Azeka Shopping Center Mauka. 

The Wailuku First Friday Town Party will be held on March 1 from 6 to 9 p.m. on historic Market Street featuring performances by Willie K.

The Hawaiʻi-made independent film “Stoke” is coming to Maui’s Kīhei Cinemas for one-night only, on Thursday, March 28 at 7 p.m. The feature length drama was shot on Hawaiʻi Island in 2017 and follows Jane (Caitlin Holocombe), a struggling tourist who hires two wannabe guides to take her to an active volcano. Alive with vivid […]