From the Winter 2016 issue of Ukulele | BY PAT MORAN “Rule number one—if you know the words, sing along.” From the darkened stage in Charlotte, North Carolina, Age Pryor intones the Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra’s “rules of audience engagement.”…
From the Winter 2016 issue of Ukulele | BY AARON KEIM Whether you are a casual shopper at the local music store or ready to order a high-end custom ukulele, choosing the wood for your next ukulele can be overwhelming.…
From the Winter 2016 issue of Ukulele | BY CAMERON MURRAY As I approach the Gladstone Park Bowling Club in Sydney’s vibrant Inner West, the unmistakable sound of massed ukuleles drifts into the night air. Inside, about 60 people are…
From the Winter 2016 issue of Ukulele | BY AUDREY COLEMAN [Editor’s note: This feature deals with sensitive themes that may not be suitable for all readers.] In a sleepy, run-down neighborhood on the outskirts of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) where…
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From the Winter 2016 issue of Ukulele | BY HEIDI SWEDBERG Two hundred people making music at two pubs, two hours apart. One is a ukulele club, the other, the anti-club, with lots of ukulele. In spirit, they have everything…
Tolentino is the ukulele player Hawaii’s top artists and producers call when they want that indescribable, "certain something" on their track
First sold in June 1927, this uke had an unusual lute-like shape that was sized somewhere between a soprano and a concert ukulele.
From the Winter 2016 issue of Ukulele | BY KEVIN C. CROWELL You may have seen the bumper sticker with a picture of a ukulele and the words “I’m Huge in Japan.” Well, it’s true. Totally true. Why is the…
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Notes the Ukulele Hall of Fame, Herb Ohta "has arguably inspired and influenced more players than any other living ukulele virtuoso"
BY JIM D’VILLE | FROM THE WINTER 2016 ISSUE OF UKULELE What happens when you give a certain little four-year-old girl a classical guitar and make her practice every day? In this case, you get Del Rey, one of the…