Ukulele Holiday Spirit 2023: 300 Years of Holiday Magic
Here's a variety of flavors for your ukulele holidays, with four stylistically diverse tunes
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7 Fun and Useful Stocking Stuffers For the Uke Lover in Your Life
These oft-overlooked gift options focus on the player
Bend Ukulele Group Uses Proceeds from Uke U Festival to Start a Nonprofit
The group is known for hosting the popular central Oregon festival from 2012–2019 and sponsoring ukulele education in local schools
Kawai Carvalho’s Coast ’Ukulele Blossoms Out of a Family Tragedy
'I was blown away by how I felt building these instruments, how connected I felt to them, how there was this calming energy to making them.'
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Ukulele Community Comes Together to Support Maui Wildfire Relief
When news of the devastation first broke, there was a rallying cry from the worldwide ukulele community of “How can I help?”
Spice Up Your Sound with Banjo-Ukuleles
The banjo-ukulele is one of the most powerful spices in the ukulele world
Great Ukes: Why Did Gibson’s First Banjo Uke Have a Trap Door?
Gibson introduced its first ukulele banjo, the UB model, sometime around 1925
Exploring the Ukulele’s Place in Higher Education Around the World
Making music with the ukulele is accessible and social, but what if you want study the instrument at the degree level in university?
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Henry Kailimai and the Ford Hawaiians Introduced the Motor City to the ‘Sweet’ Sound of Ukulele
One day at the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition, the sweet sounds produced by the Hawaiian Quintet caught the ear of another Henry—Henry Ford
Arhoolie Records’ Chris Strachwitz Left His Mark on Hawaiian Music, Too
Significant compilations of early music featured ukulele and steel guitar