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.
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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 ‘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…
Watch Taimane in Playing for Change’s Fantastic New Video of Robbie Robertson’s ‘The Weight’!
No doubt many of you have come across one or more of the fabulous videos put out by an organization called Playing for Change, in which musicians from all over the world collaborate in real time performing a popular song,…
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Checking in with Jake Shimabukuro on Tour
By Laurence Vittes As with most top-tier ukulele players Jake Shimabukuro is a very busy guy. From now through February 2020 he’ll be playing concerts with his trio in more than 30 cities, featuring both original tracks and takes on…
Les Tussing on His Cigar Box Ukuleles
By Laurence Vittes Turns out Les Tussing, a 71-year-old retiree with an interesting ukulele habit, is based in Folsom, California, where Johnny Cash once sang at the prison, and is now rated as among the most attractive of Sacramento’s suburbs.…
Founding Director George Hinchliffe Talks Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain’s Upcoming World Tour
BY LAURENCE VITTES In addition to playing the ukulele from his youth, George Hinchliffe has played Hammond Organ in a soul band, electric viola in a free jazz group, electric mandolin in wedding band, and worked briefly with Michael Nyman,…
Great Ukes: Supertones, Smecks, and Quality Instruments at Friendly Prices
BY SANDOR NAGYSZALANCZY | FROM THE FALL 2019 ISSUE UKULELE MAGAZINE In the past few years that I’ve been writing the Great Ukes column, folks have asked me what exactly constitutes a “great” uke? Does it have to be fancy,…
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Ukulele Player Molly Lewis Tells Us What’s in Her Case
Molly Lewis She provides a checklist of things every ukulele player should carry, selected with the kind of care that allows aficionados to choose which gear will work best for them as well.
Jim D’Ville Tour Kicks Off September 5
An enabler of the ukulele (and contributing editor to this publication), Jim D’Ville is taking his “Play Ukulele By Ear” workshop on the road for a series of tour dates in across New England and Michigan. September 5 Pioneer Valley…