October 2019

Jim D’Ville Leads Two Ukulele Workshops in Nashville

He’s played at the NAMM Show, taken the stage in the UK, and now, Ukulele contributing editor Jim D’Ville, of Play Ukulele By Ear, is headed to Nashville! On Saturday, October 12, D’Ville will lead two workshops at Music City’s…

A Conversation with the YouTube Uke Teaching Phenom Behind ‘Bernadette Teaches Music’

Bernadette Etcheverry of the popular YouTube ukulele instruction channel Bernadette Teaches Music is blessed with a fun-loving, effervescent personality.

Illustration of stock carrying a baby with a ukulele for Ukulele lesson about where do chords come from

Uke Lesson: Where Do Chords Come From?

All we need to play songs on ukulele are the essential 7 chords of the major scale. Here's how to play them, and how they go together.

Video Pick: Led Kaapana and Bob Brozman Play ‘Spanish Eyes’

In this video, shot in Maui in 2011, both musicians play resonator instruments

Danielle Ate the Sandwich holds a ukulele.

Danielle Ate the Sandwich on Upcoming ‘Wonderstruck’ Ukulele Academy & Recording Soundtracks

BY LAURENCE VITTES Danielle Ate the Sandwich is the stage name for uke-playing-songwriter Danielle Anderson. Getting her start in Fort Collins, Colorado, Danielle has been touring nationally since 2009 after cultivating an online following she calls her fanwiches, a following…

Dodie Clark plays the Beatle's "Here Comes the Sun" on ukulele.

Dodie Clark Plays ‘Here Comes the Sun’ on Ukulele

A Fab Four State of Mind BY GREG CAHILL Do you know Dodie? This unassuming Brit (born Dodie Clark) is a singer, uke player, independent recording artist and dancer whose YouTube channel, doddleoddle, has 1.83 million subscribers. Add a side…