Michael Kollwitz

“Under The Banyan Tree” Coming Soon

Michael — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:33:58 +0000

Very shortly, I’ll be releasing another new CD entitled “Under The Banyan Tree”. This release was a collaboration with wooden World flute player, Lance Israel, and it was recorded LIVE under the enormous, 135 year old banyan tree in Old Lahaina Town. We’re told this is the first-ever live recording made under this incredible tree. Lance performed [...]

Final Alohas to both Mom & Dad

Michael — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:54:52 +0000

In the post below you read that my Dad, Max passed away on Sept. 22nd. Well, now there’s another final aloha: my Mom, Audrey Varley of Camarillo, CA has also passed on- exactly five weeks after Dad on Monday October 20th. Boo hoo. I’m crying all over this keyboard. Mom was also my biggest fan- [...]

Final Aloha To My Biggest Fan

Michael — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:47:34 +0000

On Monday September 22, 2008 we lost my biggest fan- my dad. Maximillian Bernard Kollwitz passed away peacefully at the age of 78 years old in Clearwater, Florida. Dad helped me purchase my very first instrument from Emmett back in 1976 and he was always one of my biggest supporters. Everywhere he went, he told people about [...]

New CD “Hawaiian Paradise” is now available!

Michael — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:30:37 +0000

After a year of writing and recording here on Maui, I’m very happy to announce that my new CD, “Hawaiian Paradise” is now available and ready to ship! It is my 11th independent release. Woo hoo! It was mixed and mastered by three-time Grammy award winning sound engineer, Dave Russell, and it features four tracks with veteran pedal steel [...]

National Public Radio: ‘Morning Edition’

Michael — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 15:45:21 +0000

I’ve learned that in the last week, NPR’s popular show, ‘Morning Edition’, has featured three of my songs from the CD ‘Waterfallin’, during the program’s breaks. One song was featured on June 11th and two more songs were featured on June 18th. The show is broadcast everyday from Washington D.C. and is heard nationwide on [...]

I’ve had a lot of great exposure lately…

Michael — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 02:51:02 +0000

…thanks to the folks at Akaku TV, here on Maui. I went into their studios a few months back and taped a short segment on their “Hot Set” show. After that, they became interested in my video “Live In Concert” and they’ve aired it quite a few times since. It’s always nice when people come [...]

Playing With The Best…

Michael — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:05:41 +0000

…has been a theme for me in this month of March 2008. I feel so fortunate! On March 1st, I performed with two of Maui’s great long-time musicians- Benny Uyetake and Glenn Kakugawa - at a corporate event in Wailea at The Grand Wailea resort. What a night! Not only are they awesome musicians, they [...]

National TV Exposure This Week on CurrentTV

Michael — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:43:53 +0000

Last May, filmmaker Roy Plisko of Phoenix, Arizona, posted the mini video documentary (that we shot in October ‘06) on the web at CurrentTV. Subsequently, it was voted in to their Number One slot in both the United States and Great Britain. Late last year the rights were sold to CurrentTV for national broadcast on their network of dish, cable [...]

My New Apple iTunes Release…

Michael — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:11:59 +0000

…is a collection of 15 songs entitled “Greatest Hits- Vol. 2″. It is up, and ready for downoad at this moment: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=268678474 Hope you’ll enjoy this album of original solo Chapman Stick recordings for the holidays. Put it on your iPod and take me with you wherever you go! In addition to my Hawaiian Stick music album, I’m also [...]

Mucho Mahalo to Maui Time Weekly…

Michael — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 04:13:10 +0000

….and Associate Editor, Starr Begley, for the awesome cover story about my music on The Chapman Stick in this week’s edition (Sept.27) of the paper. Wow! And with lots of great color photos, too. The best part of all is Starr’s writing style and how she crafts her words into a really excellent feature. If you’re on-island this week, I [...]