Tinseltown has a thing for ukuleles and the hula. The Grammy Museum in Los Angeles, California, will host a one-night celebration of our favorite four-stringed instrument on Wednesday, September 27. Titled KoAloha Ukulele: From Hawaii to Hollywood – Mele in…
Every so often we head over to E-Bay to have a gander at the priciest ukulele for sale on the site. This week, it’s a Mirabella concert uke, with a rather eye-popping asking price of $15,000. Made by New York luthier…
A highlight of Paul McCartney’s current world tour is a ukulele tribute delivered to former Beatles bandmate George Harrison. “These days everyone is well into the ukulele,” McCartney told the adoring audience at his July 6 show in Albany, New York.…
We’ll drink to this. The British ukulele band the Everly Pregnant Brothers will assume control of The Shakespeare at Heeley, a long neglected pub south of Sheffield. “The idea was sparked over a pint after we’d come out of rehearsals,”…
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Calling all New York ukers! The newly formed Clinton Hill Ukulele Social Club will host a public jam session on Saturday, August 2 at Brooklyn’s Fort Greene Park at 4 p.m. “We are really there to entertain ourselves,” the group’s organizer, Liz Rabson…
Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Tom Freund stopped by the Ukulele magazine offices recently, and picked up one of the Collings ukes we were reviewing for the Fall 2014 issue. We kindly asked Tom to give us a tune, and he obliged…
Written by Julie Garisto, this article appeared in the Fall 2014 issue of Ukulele. On a balmy Saturday afternoon in Largo, Florida, a southern suburb of Tampa, 40 people have gathered with their ukuleles at a palm tree dotted apartment…
Silicon Valley may be the home to all things digital, but this weekend it will be treated to a dose of something altogether analog–the 1st Annual Ukes for Kids SF Bay Area Ukulele Contest in San Mateo, California. Kids from…
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This is one very hip uke. Lanikai Ukuleles has released a new concert model that incorporate artwork by tattoo legend Norman “Sailor Jerry” Collins. “The Sailor Jerry legacy has inspired generations of artists and designers around the world,” Lanikai Product Manager Leon Lewis…
Ukuleles and guitars come in all shapes and sizes, and sometimes the two are merged to make instruments that don’t fit squarely in either category. At this year’s summer NAMM show, Kala Brand Music showed Ukulele contributor Mark Kemp a…