By John Berger for the Honolulu Star Advertiser At the time he was general manager of the famed Blue Note Jazz Club in New York, Marco Olivari was honeymooning in Waikiki when he learned the company would be opening a club in Honolulu. Soon afterward he was named G.M. of[…]
By Wayne Harada for the Honolulu Star Advertiser. When New Orleans and New York favorite Davell Crawford teamed up with Hawaii native Willie K Monday night (Sept. 12) at the Blue Note Hawaii club, expectation and uncertainty were common denominators. Crawford and Willie were willing participants in a theoretical[…]
Article by KHON2 News When it started, Roy Sakuma says no one was interested in the ukulele and then 46 years later on Sunday, look at the Ukulele Festival now. Willie K was one of the 15 headliners at the Kapiolani Park bandstand. There were performers from Australia, California, Japan,[…]
Perched at the edge of the West Maui Mountains, overlooking the valley below, Waikapu’s King Kamehameha Golf Club offers a spectacular setting for any entertainment event, let alone the mighty, extraordinarily talented Willie K. “I’m still flying high from the first show there,” Willie enthuses. “The location is great, it’s[…]
Willie K is joined by his good friend Steven Tyler at the 2013 Willie K’s Blues Fest. (Mahalo to Don Scott for the video!)