Peter Rowan: Where Bluegrass Meets Hawaiian
Guitarist Peter Rowan has been a staple on the bluegrass and acoustic music scene for over five decades. On "My Aloha," he returns to his first instrument, the ukulele.
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An Empire of Ukuleles
By Jim D’Ville About 300 miles due east of Seattle, Washington, lies the vast Inland Empire. Known mostly for its agricultural contributions—they grow more lentils than anywhere else in the USA—you’ll also find a bumper crop of ukulele players. From…
When the Ukulele as We Know it Arrived in Hawaii
By 1885, three Madeiran cabinetmakers who had arrived in Hawaii six years earlier had opened up small shops where they made and sold stringed instruments, including early ukuleles
Baby’s First Restring
Making that first string change can deliver some surprising improvements to your ukulele By Nicolas Grizzle I’m a hobbyist ukulele player. I don’t gig, but I do play for and with friends on occasion. I have one uke, which has…
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KAMLOOPS 2019 UKULELE FESTIVAL
By Heidi Swedberg/ Photos by Vic Hamm Who-What-When-Where-Why-How in one sentence: The Kamloops Ukulele Orchestra has wrapped up its fourth annual festival under the waxing spring moon at the Sorrento Centre in British Columbia, Canada, to the delight of about…
Uke Tales: Finding a Jewel
A White Elephant Martin 5K By Sandor Nagyszalanczy Uke Tales is a regular series exploring ukuleles with an interesting story, a personal connection, or simply gorgeous instruments. I’d previously written about my first “good” ukulele, a Martin Style 1, gifted to…
Ukulele Review: Ohana’s ‘Baritone-Tenor’ BKT-70G, 6-String CK-70-A6, and Marcy Marxer Signature BK-35CG
The concert 6-string and the tenor/baritone are novel in the sense of unusual and the Marcy Marxer signature baritone is a solid take on a standard baritone, but with a cutaway.
Ukulele Review: Farida KAS-3 NC soprano, KAC-5 NC concert, and KKT-6 NC tenor
BY EDDIE SCHER | FROM THE FALL 2019 ISSUE OF UKULELE MAGAZINE Farida Old Town ukuleles follow the model of Chicago-based instrument manufacturers of a century ago, who put great-sounding, solidly built, affordable ukuleles into the hands of millions of…
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The Resonator Uke That Never Came to Be
Since vintage resonator ukuleles were both rare and expensive, I had an idea: Why not build my own wood-bodied resonator uke?
Ohta Jr., Taimane & Fuchigami Win Big
The winners of Hawaii’s prestigious Nā Hōkū Hanohano awards were announced in a lavish ceremony May 25. Some big names in the ukulele world walked away with awards from the Hawaii Academy of Recording Arts, which hosts the event at…