Troy Fernandez Talks Life After the Ka‘au Crater Boys and How He Kept Strumming
Now living in Los Angeles, he looks back on those heady—and later heartbreaking—days with bittersweet nostalgia
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The Official Ukulele Showroom Launch
Well, we asked and boy, did you guys answer! The launch of our Ukulele showroom now has an official date and time, and you are all cordially invited to join us. Come on down to our new showroom and…
Go Behind the Scenes of Daniel Ho and Pepe Romero’s New Album ‘Aloha España’ [Video]
Aloha makes its way across the Atlantic Ocean all the way to Spain thanks to Daniel Ho and classical guitarist Pepe Romero’s new album Aloha España. Both play instruments made by Romero’s son, luthier Pepe Romero Jr. Learn a more…
Watch the 1917 Short Film, ‘The Making of a Ukulele’
A reader posted this cool vintage clip to our Facebook page and we had to share. Watch the short film “The Making of a Ukulele,” created by Ford Motor Company around 1917 for educational purposes. The clip depicts a…
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The Ukulele Showroom Has Launched!
For a few months now, we’ve been busy putting together a very special room at our Ukulele headquarters: the new Ukulele showroom! We’ve sourced gorgeous uke items from around the world, painted and installed shelving, and started updating our…
Welcome the Ribbon Lei to the Uke Store!
We’ve been busy stocking the Ukulele store with awesome products sourced from artisans around the world and are excited to share our latest finds with you. Today, meet the Ribbon Ukulele Lei! We fell in love with this little ornamentation…
Desperately Seeking Ukuleles at Folk Alliance International
By Mark Kemp Well, folks, I’m here in Kansas City, Missouri, this week for the annual Folk Alliance International Conference, where more than 3,000 players and singers from more than 20 different countries will be strutting their stuff in the…
Where the Wild Ukes Are: A Dad Takes His Four-Year-Old Twins Shopping at McCabe’s
What they taught me could be helpful to any parents looking for their children’s next ukulele
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Tiki Madness: A New Box Set Spans Eight Decades of Hawaiian Music
by Kenny Berkowitz If four discs of hula kitsch sounds like a lot, well, it is. But the good news about the new Hulaland: The Golden Age of Hawaiian Music box set is that it’s not too much, even if…
#ThrowbackThursday To My First Ukulele
By Greg Olwell For this week’s Throwback Thursday, I wanted to make a personal post about my first ukulele. After playing guitar for many years, I fell in love with vintage Hawaiian music back in the mid-’90s. Soon after I…