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Dodie Clark plays the Beatle's "Here Comes the Sun" on ukulele.

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…

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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.…

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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…