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Jake Shimabukuro’s latest album includes Willie Nelson, Bette Midler, Warren Haynes and more. In the world of stringed instruments, the four-string ukulele has a small and kitschy niche that was ...
The Wild Blue Ukulele Orchestra will perform Sept. 14 at Oregon’s Coliseum Museum, showcasing the instrument’s versatility ...
While the Babylonians may have kicked off the tradition more than 4,000 years ago, the New Year’s resolutions we make today have little to do with returning borrowed equipment and repaying farm debt.
The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain will perform at Stanford Live on March 23. Courtesy Stafan Mager. A ukulele band walks into Windsor Castle to play for the queen … It’s not the set-up for a joke ...
Jake Shimabukuro started playing ukulele at the age of 4 and soon fell in love with the instrument. As he tells Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson, ”My parents would have to take the ukulele away from me so ...
If you need a nudge away from stress and toward holiday cheer, take up the ukulele. Saying the multisyllabic Hawaiian word, which some people believe means "jumping flea" as inspired by player's ...
Meghan Trainor hosted her Billboard Live At-Home concert on Friday afternoon (April 10) to raise money for Feeding America. By Rania Aniftos Meghan Trainor hosted her Billboard Live At-Home concert on ...
The legendary instruments Martin Guitar is known for are no stranger to adventure. A Martin ukulele, known as the Konter Uke, in 1926 famously tagged along on Rear Admiral Richard Byrd’s expedition to ...