Love at First Strum: The Ukulele Changed Jim Beloff’s Life, and Then He Changed Ours
“I tell people to be careful what they buy at a flea market. It can change your life."
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Uke Tales: The Graziano ‘Beatle Bass’ Electric Uke
By Sandor Nagyszalanczy I’ve played in rock n’ roll bands since I was 13 years old, typically serving as lead singer and rhythm guitar player. But in the mid/late 1990s, I met a couple of talented musicians who were as…
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.
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…
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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
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…
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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.