Nick Yee’s passion for music developed at an early age, as he collected jazz and rock records pulled from dusty locations while growing up in both Southern California and Honolulu. In college he started DJing around Honolulu, playing Jazz and Bossa Nova sets at various lounges and clubs under the name dj mr.nick. He started to incorporate Downtempo, House and Breaks into his sets as his popularity grew, eventually getting DJ residences at different Chinatown locations. To this day, he is a fixture in the Honolulu underground club scene, where his live sets are famous for being able to link musical and cultural boundaries, starting mellow and building the audience into a frenzy while steering free of mainstream clichés.
Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra Conductor Emeritus JoAnn Falletta returns to Hawaiʻi to conduct Beethoven's Triple Concerto. She spoke with Gene Schiller on Morning Café ahead of HSO's Friday, Oct. 16 performance at Blaisdell Concert Hall.
Jazz pianist Makoto Ozone previews his upcoming performance of Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" with the Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra at their 2026-2027 season-opening concert.