There’s something so sweet and sincere about this clip of Elvis Costello performing “The Scarlet Tide” that it seems like a perfect valentine — despite the fact that it’s more of an anti-war song than a love song. Written by…
If I were in New Orleans today for Fat Tuesday, I’d be running the streets with my uke in hand — and a Sazerac and gumbo in my belly! But instead, I’m at the office with a black tea in…
When it comes to lasting beauty and serious mojo, it’s hard to top a vintage harp ukulele. Invented by an innovative, if occasionally questionably skilled, luthier Chris Knutsen, the harp ukulele was a member of his “New Hawaiian Family,” which…
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We were thrilled when uke virtuoso Taimane (Gardner) agreed to record a Session at the Ukulele booth at Winter NAMM 2016. But fellow uker Brit Rodriguez, who was just about to start shooting her session, was even more thrilled. “I arrived…
The “seriously playful and playfully serious” duo Ruby & Smith stopped by the Ukulele booth at Winter NAMM 2016 to perform one of their originals “Plant My Apple Tree,” off their latest, A Ukulele Album. Penned by “Ruby” aka Daphne…
Brit Rodriguez stopped by the Ukulele booth at NAMM 2016 to perform “Keep Me Warm Tonight” on her Godin Multiuke Koa. Learn more about Brit in this feature from the Winter 2015 issue.
By Whitney Phaneuf Jim Beloff and his lovely wife Liz have been evangelizing the uke since 1992, after they purchased one at the Pasadena Rose Bowl Flea Market. The rest, as they say, is history. The Beloff’s company Flea Market…
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Da Ukulele Boyz (Peter deAquino and Garrett Probst) stopped by the Ukulele booth at NAMM 2016 to perform a song on their Kanile’a ukes. Watch the duo play “G Minor Fleas,” from their recent release Just Cuz.
Ryo Montgomery stopped by the Ukulele booth at NAMM 2016 to perform “SRV” on his KoAloha Sceptre Ukulele. Check out his performance!