By Greg Olwell What we’re in love with today: A recent cover of a hot-ukulele classic from “King” Bennie Nawahi. In this clip shot for the Japanese Ukulele magazine, Belgium-based ukulele phenom Ukulelezaza and “Masked” Mario Takada play “Ukulele Benny,” one…
By Greg Olwell A version of this article originally appears in the Spring 2017 issue of Ukulele. Several months ago, ukulele star Jake Shimabukuro began posting pictures to his social media accounts of himself with what appeared to be ukuleles in…
With the Ukulele magazine team about to depart for a holiday break, a few of us are humming “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” around the office. Since we know that hearing a song can be the best…
The Cats and the Fiddle are one of the all-time great vocal harmony groups. Founded in the wake of the success of groups like the Ink Spots and the Mills Brothers, the Cats and the Fiddle performed as a string…
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With a reverse headstock that recalls some heavy-metal guitars of the ’80s, the new Ortega Horizon concert ukuleles have a unique look. The Horizon ukes are available with rosewood, mango, or bamboo bodies and in non-cutaway acoustic and cutaway acoustic-electric…
By Greg Olwell Long before its massive drum beat and sing-along chorus started to show up in ads for Carnival cruise lines and movies like Trainspotting, Iggy Pop’s anthem “Lust for Life” was one of the best-loved results of his ongoing…
By Greg Olwell The Guinness World Record for the longest stretch of playing ukulele was shattered last weekend during an attempt in London. Robin Evans, a 22-year-old player from the city of Farnham, Surrey, England, played for 30 hours, 2…
By Greg Olwell For this week’s Throwback Thursday, we’re dialing the time machine back to June 2010 to visit with Hawaiian falsetto legend Richard Ho’opi’i. Filmed for Hawai’i Magazine, filmmaker David Croxford captured Ho’opi’i playing his Kamaka Liliu 6-string tenor in the backyard…
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By Jim D’Ville Neither snow nor rain nor Minnesota’s first blizzard of the impending winter could stay over 100 hearty ukulele players from attending The Great Minnesota Ukulele Gathering, held November 18 and 19 in Minneapolis. The event, produced under the…
By Greg Olwell There’s simply no way to list everyone we love on the popular photo-sharing app, but there are a few accounts that keep posting the good stuff that we love seeing in our @ukulelemagazine feed. Looking for some favorites of your…