Friday-Saturday (September 27-28), 9pm at Charley’s, 142 Hana Hwy., Paia
When you hear that a Nelson is set to play Charley’s, we know whose grizzled, twinkling visage you conjure up. Not so fast; we’re talking about the younger Nelson, 21-year-old Lukas. Raised on the road in Willie’s famed Honeysuckle Rose bus, Lukas inherited his father’s gift. But he’s also his own man—and his own musician. And, along with his band, Promise of the Real, he’ll be appearing at the popular Paia watering hole for two shows this weekend. With a sound …

For any wild wahine with a six-string soul, to be called “one mean bitch guitar player” by Keith Richards himself, ought to give you enough energy to power an amp. For blues musician Nicole Fournier, it was indeed powerful encouragement, but with or without The Rolling Stones stamp of approval, she’s a fret-force to be reckoned with. In 1992—the same year she both jammed with and earned the accolades of Richards—she was also nominated for Best Female Vocalist for the Bay Area Blues Awards and sat in with John Lee Hooker in a sold-out…

Micah Nelson’s problem is that he’s into everything.  And so is the band he’s a part of with Logan Metz, Lincoln Mendell, Gerry Hirschfeld, Devin McCartey, and Chris Bullard: The Reflectacles.  I asked him to “define” the bands style and received a list of bands he thinks they’re kinda-sorta like: everything from The Beatles to Of Montreal to some guy at a show in Northridge’s opinion: “If John Fogerty ate a bunch of acid.”  His favorite song to play? “That’s impossible. That’s like if I was a father of 10,000 …

deep, layered songs with slow jazz and reggae beats, accompanied by earthy vocals that bring to mind a mature, less hormonally whacked-out “Pepper.” The Eazy has a great range within their style, making each song a completely new experiment, instead of a collection of variations on the same song (Owl City’s album Ocean Eyes). The Eazy’s myspace profile

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Thursday (December 31), Charley’s, $75, 10 pm – 1:30 am, 579-9453.

This will be Willie Nelson’s 77th New Year—and he’s lookin’ to spend it with you. And where else on Maui but at his favorite North Shore hub (of which he is part-owner), Charley’s? We all know about Charley’s and we certainly all know about Willie, so let’s instead learn a little more about—and perhaps gain from it a little resolution inspiration—Willie’s activism:
Partnering with the Animal Welfare Institute, he’s campaigned in support of the American Horse …