FROM THE SPRING 2021 ISSUE OF UKULELE With the pandemic raging on and club and festival gatherings still on hold just about everywhere, we all need to find new ways to connect in the uke world. A while ago we…
BY BLAIR JACKSON | FROM THE SPRING 2021 ISSUE OF UKULELE Everybody loves Kimo. Five minutes into an hour-long phone interview, Honolulu-based uke master Kimo Hussey is calling me “buddy,” and I feel like I’ve known him for years. OK,…
At a time when concert venues are shuttered, COVID-19 has been especially challenging, both mentally and financially, for guitarists who rely on performing for their livelihoods. When the virus swept through the United States in March, MusiCares—a non-profit that supports…
BY JIM D’VILLE | FROM THE FALL 2020 ISSUE OF UKULELE In 1951, Lorenzo Pimentel, a native of “old” Mexico, opened a guitar shop in New Mexico. Over 70 years later, Pimentel & Sons Guitarmakers are known the world over…
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BY BLAIR JACKSON | FROM THE FALL 2020 ISSUE OF UKULELE You are to be forgiven if you looked at the word “pyrography” in the title of this article and had no idea what it meant. I don’t believe I’d…
BY BLAIR JACKSON / From the Fall 2020 issue of Ukulele Maui uke phenom Andrew Molina is the first to admit that what he wants to convey on his albums is variety: “I can’t stick to one genre,” he told…
FROM THE FALL 2020 ISSUE OF UKULELE | BY HEIDI SWEDBERG There are moments in time when historic events frame and create a personal narrative. Usually these moments are associated with a single date: November 22, 1963; July 20, 1969;…
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BY ADAM PERLMUTTER Shortly after the May 2020 killing of George Floyd, Tom Prasada-Rao, a singer-songwriter based in Silver Spring, Maryland, was watching CNN footage of protests when in a fit of inspiration he penned a new song. In its…