Here’s a video that is certain to put a spring in your step and bring a smile to your face! The versatile, long-tenured, folk/rock/pop (mostly) acoustic duo known collectively as Ryanhood—Ryan Green and Cameron Hood—have put down their guitars for…
In times like these, when so much is uncertain, we understand how important it is to make music and to stay connected to community. That’s why Ukulele is here for you and why we’re working as hard as ever to to give…
Heres a soothing balm for all you stressed out, hunkered down, sheltering in place souls—in other words all of us! Many of you are no doubt familiar with the short-lived Hawaiian traditional group Hui Aloha, who put out just one…
BY BLAIR JACKSON | FROM THE SPRING 2020 ISSUE OF UKULELE What a complete and utter delight this album is! Chances are, most regular readers of this magazine are already familiar with the sensational multiple-stringed-instrument-playing duo of Cathy Fink and…
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Accompanied by a nylon string acoustic guitar, cajon, violin, and a Hawaiian dancer, Taimane fuses Island and Latin flavors with her 5-string ukulele and talented band in a recent NPR Tiny Desk concert. Her demeanor follows the sound of her…
Ukuleles and the musicians who play them have appeared on screens big and small for over 100 years
BY AUDREY COLEMAN GAITHERSBURG UKEFESTMarch 20–22 | Gaithersburg, MarylandHeadlining the event is ukulele master Lil’ Rev, acclaimed not only for his unique stylings of blues and other roots genres, but for storytelling that conveys the vitality of Americana. Among the…
This posting was spurred by my having recently edited a story for the Summer 2020 issue of Ukulele that includes quotes from a young player/singer named Pomaika’i Lyman, who happens to be the granddaughter of one of the greatest vocalists…
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A classic comedy from the late 1970s, The Jerk contains one of the more tender and touching ukulele numbers from a film in the modern era. A uke-toting Steve Martin joins forces with Bernadette Peters for a beach-strolling duet on…
There has never been a figure in the ukulele world who has provoked as much derision, dismissal, and hostility as the late-’60s phenomenon known as Tiny Tim.