Review: Martin Ukulele Premium Strings
Martin’s new ukulele strings are an alternative to fluorocarbon strings and are available in soprano, concert, and tenor sizes.
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2018 Midwest Ukulele & Harmonica Camp Review
by Jim D’Ville // Photos by Steve Szilagyi It was a stroke of genius, akin to first introducing peanut butter to jelly—a ukulele and harmonica camp! And, the relationship between these two diminutive instruments seems to be working, as nearly…
2018 Kamloops Ukulele Festival Review
by Jim D’Ville // Photos by Vic Hamm In a mere three years, the Kamloops Ukulele Festival has emerged as a premiere ukulele retreat north of the U.S. border. The event’s third annual incarnation happened at the Sorrento Retreat Center…
Practical Solutions for Managing Stage Fright
Here are some tips for combatting those pre-show jitters
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Your Ukulele Can Help You Conquer Stage Fright
One of the first things you might notice when you attend a ukulele festival is how many new players there are, and how happy they seem
Unlock the Truth of A Song with Only 3 Chords
BY JIM D’VILLE | FROM THE SUMMER 2018 ISSUE OF UKULELE Nashville songwriter Harlan Howard wrote and co-wrote thousands of three-chord country gems including “Heartaches by the Number,” “I Fall to Pieces,” and “I’ve Got a Tiger by the…
Uke Tales: Ukulele Number One
By Sandor Nagyszalanczy Since this is my first installment for this new online feature, I thought it appropriate to tell the story of my very first ukulele. In 1956, when I was just two-and-a-half years old, my mother, father and I…
Why I Uke: Cynthia Kinnunen’s Soul-Nourishing Return to Ukulele
It was entirely because of the ukulele that I came back to playing piano and singing, and have become so passionate about sharing music with others through teaching and hosting events.
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The Ukulele World Congress Turns X!
Words by Jim D’Ville // Photos by author unless noted When the glaciers from the last Ice Age ceased their advance in south central Indiana some 12,000 years ago, the geologic upheaval created the magnificent sylvan paradise that is now…
New Memorial Commemorates Early Ukulele Builder
After more than 100 years of tropical weather in Honolulu’s Makiki Cemetery, the inscription on the gravestone of Augusto Dias is barely legible: AUGUSTO DIAS FALECEO/A 5 DE FEVE DE 1915 COM 73 ANNOS DE EDADE That’s why a group…