Text by Jim D’Ville //Photos: Courtesy of West Coast Ukulele Retreat If you were going to this year’s West Coast Ukulele Retreat, you were encouraged to wear flowers in your hair as an homage to 1967 and the Summer of…
Text by Jim D’Ville // Photos by Eric Max Springtime in the Alleghenies sounds like the title to a Nelson Eddy and Jeanette McDonald musical from the 1940s, but in reality it’s the season and location for the annual Allegheny Ukulele…
COMPILED BY AUDREY COLEMAN Submission Information Listings are free for ukulele events, though we may not have space to include every submission. Deadlines for the next four issues are: Fall 2018 issue May 14, 2018 Winter 2018 August…
BY JIM D’VILLE | FROM THE SUMMER 2018 ISSUE OF UKULELE Casey MacGill’s ukulele playing swings! That swing, that groove, that pulse has landed MacGill roles in major motion pictures and on Broadway, and even a tour de force appearance…
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Ukulele is packing up and heading to Reno for the 10th annual Reno Ukulele Festival, May 2-May 5. The Reno fest will be held at a new location this year, the Peppermill Casino, and will include workshops by “Jumpin’ Jim” and…
BY ADAM PERLMUTTER | FROM THE SUMMER 2018 ISSUE OF UKULELE During the swing era, guitarists played simple but effective accompaniment—mainly two- and three-note chord voicings, played squarely on downbeats, four strums per bar. The guitar is a considerably larger…
BY JIM D’VILLE | FROM THE SPRING 2018 ISSUE OF UKULELE At this year’s Halloween uke jam I went dressed as the Circle of 5ths. I won the prize for scariest costume. Most of the ukulele players I meet in…
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In both January and March, adventurous musicians and music lovers traveled with Ukulele to Cuba! Here are a few highlights from this exciting experience. We’d like to give a very sincere thanks to D’Addario and Company for donating gear to some very thankful local…