Kalei Gamiao stopped by the Ukulele booth at NAMM 2016 to perform “Separate Ways” on his Kamaka tenor ukulele. Watch the deft fingerpicker play “Separate Ways” in advance of his world tour with Taimane Gardner. Read more about Kalei in Ukulele‘s Fall 2015 issue.
At Winter NAMM 2016, Lanikai released their new Curly Mango series, complete with maple binding and their TunaUke Technology, which easily improves intonation problems. Watch the video for more info from Lanikai.
Uke makers converged on Anaheim, California, this week–along with makers of musical instruments of all kinds–for the annual Winter NAMM Show, and among the highlights this year will be San Francisco-based Blackbird Guitars’ new Farallon. It’s a tenor ukulele…
Going cross-eyed from reading too much small print at the library? Relax. Sit back. Breathe. Go to the check-out desk. Take home a uke. You saw that right. In Pennsylvania, patrons can now check out ukuleles at local libraries. According to a January report at Smithsonian, the Allegheny…
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It’s been a bleak couple of weeks with the passing of rock legends Lemmy (of Motörhead), David Bowie, and now Eagles’ founder Glenn Frey. In times like these, it’s music that heals. Watch above as YouTuber St. Parkchester delivers a…
It’s NAMM season and, if you’re not familiar, that stands for the National Association of Music Merchants and next week it’ll draw nearly 100,000 to Anaheim, California for one of the largest music product trade shows in the world. Ukulele…
Every collection needs to be complete; whether it’s your vintage Star Wars action figures, old seashells, or minted and pristine coins. But don’t forget your stack of Ukulele magazines! If you are missing issues from our catalogue, or you’d like…
by Leona Moon Aries (March 21–April 19) Is this thing on, Aries? You might feel a little like you’re stuck in one of those dreams where, in the middle of a gig, finishing up a four-chord wonder, your last note…
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Librarians across Pennsylvania will start encouraging patrons to make noise rather than quiet down thanks to the Allegheny Ukulele Kollective’s Lending Library Program, an initiative that will allow library members to borrow ukuleles. The Kollective, an Altoona-based ukulele club, plans…
