Mick Fleetwood VIP Judge at "Life is Sweet" Event - Maui on Sat. Nov 19th

Life is Sweet
A spectacular dessert-tasting benefit.
Maui Weekly

Dessert-lovers have more than one good reason to attend The Shops at Wailea's second annual Life Is Sweet event on Saturday, Nov. 19, from 2 to 6 p.m. at the shopping plaza. 

To mark the occasion, Wailea's top chefs will compete to create a signature dessert for 2011, and the public is invited to sample the entries as part of a community fundraiser for Best Buddies Hawai'i. Sweet!

The Life Is Sweet celebration, sponsored by Wailea Beach Marriott and The Shops at Wailea, will feature delicious desserts and samplings of savory entrees created by some of the most renowned chefs from South Maui's famous resorts and restaurants. The event will also include celebrity judges for the dessert competition, live Hawaiian music to help set the party atmosphere, and a silent auction filled with great deals on island products and services.

The festivities will also include a VIP wine-tasting party, where guests can meet the celebrity judges. Celebrity hosts and judges rejoining from last year's event include Maureen McCormick, aka Marcia Brady from the classic 1970's television sitcom "The Brady Bunch," and musician Mick Fleetwood of the rock group Fleetwood Mac. Be ready for other surprise guests!

All proceeds from Life Is Sweet will help support Best Buddies Hawai'i and its local programs to assist developmentally challenged youth in island schools.

Tickets for "Life is Sweet" are $50 per person, and can be reserved online at www.bestbuddieshawaii.org or by calling 242-6962. There are only 200 tickets available for this event.

Review/Photos: Lindsey Buckingham Salamanca, NY 11/5/11

Lindsey Buckingham @ Seneca Allegany Events Center (Inside the Seneca Allegany Casino) Salamanca, NY November 5, 2011

Written by Gus Griesinger

Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham brought his solo act to the Seneca Allegany Casino last Saturday night. Mostly known for his plucking style of guitar playing, Lindsey played songs from his latest solo effort “Seeds We Sow,” in addition to a slue of Fleetwood Mac covers.  

The casino allowed the first couple of rows to fill in the front, as per the request of Lindsey. He surely played off the crowd and enjoyed every ounce of adulation and gave it back as well. Buckingham enjoyed the spotlight on the first four tracks of the evening, and was later joined by his band to complete the set. 

However, he did finish the show in earlier fashion, as he performed the last song of the evening, “Seeds We Sow,” under a single spotlight once again.   

Lindsey talked about why he is choosing to play these small shows with just his acoustic and electric guitars. His thoughts conveyed that it takes him back to his days as a kid, learning on the acoustic and just enjoying the simplicity of that. He also referred to Fleetwood Mac as the “big machine” and his band as the “little machine.”

Lindsey would make it to the edge of the stage and hold his guitar while letting the fans strum some chords during the Fleetwood Mac classic, “Go Your Own Way.” “Big Love” was an intense masterpiece and one of the evening’s highlights.  The other highlight was the song “Stars are Crazy,” as his solo during it was simply jaw dropping. In fact, he played 5 other new songs off of “Seeds We Sow.” Buckingham offered a great mix of song selections and the new material seemed very well received.

Check out the 22 photos in this gallery at Backstageaxxess.com

Download: Kelly Higgins Interviews Stevie Nicks 612 ABC Brisbane

Stevie Nicks (10th November 2011)

Drive with Kelly Higgins-Devine

She's one of the most evocative singers around and an exceptional songwriter in her own right.

The unique style and sound of Stevie Nicks has seen her forge a successful career across five decades, and her work with Fleetwood Mac, especially on the album Rumours, and then on her many solo albums including Bella Donna, has given her a unique place in the music pantheon.

612 ABC Brisbane

DOWNLOAD THE INTERVIEW (length: 12:40)

Update: Lindsey Buckingham - Seeds We Sow Tour Stats

Added San Francisco from October 19th to the list of stats published for Lindsey's tour...

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Videos: Lindsey Buckingham @92Y Nov 4th NYC I Am Waiting & Rock Away Blind LIVE!!!!

I Am Waiting Rock Away Blind
Kind of speechless that these videos exist!... But thankful at the same time... Love Rock Away Blind!!
Lindsey Buckingham on November 4th spent a couple of hours in an auditorium at the 92nd Street Y in New York City in conversation with Anthony DeCurtis... It was open to the public, tickets were sold.  Lindsey chatted with Anthony, took questions from the audience and played a few tunes... 

Review: Lindsey Buckingham Royal Oak, MI

ROYAL OAK -- Lindsey Buckingham has plenty of good songs, both on his own and with Fleetwood Mac. He's a pretty fine singer, too.

But the nearly 1,200 who turned out to see him on Tuesday night (Nov. 8) at the Royal Oak Music Theatre mostly wanted to see Buckingham do one thing -- play guitar. And they certainly got what they wanted, a virtuostic display over the course of an hour and 50 minutes that was so dazzling and dynamically varied it could have caused one to ask silly questions like "Eric who?"

The 62-year-old Buckingham didn't waste any time showing off his dexterity, either. He played the night's first five songs solo, starting with the rolling, ethereal finger-picking of "Shut Us Down" from 2006's "Under the Skin," then playing his two biggest solo hits -- "Go Insane" and "Trouble" -- before dipping into the Fleetwood Mac canon for "Never Going Back Again" and a frenetic take on "Big Love." He could have satisfied the crowd in that mode all night long -- and did close the 19-song show that way with the title track of his latest album, "Seeds We Sow" -- but when he brought on his crack three-piece band, the fun really began.

Continue to the full review at the Oakland Press

By GARY GRAFF
For Journal Register Newspapers