Kalyn Aolani stopped by the Ukulele booth at NAMM 2016 to perform “Nani Hanalei” on her KoAloha Naupaka Tenor ukulele. We loved Kalyn’s cover of Kai Davis’ Hawaiian language classic. Simply gorgeous! Now, after seeing this two-tone ukulele, you may want to check out our…
Daniel Ward stopped by the Ukulele mag booth at NAMM 2016 and played a song for our Ukulele Sessions series. He played “Aloha ‘Oe,” the definitive classic from Hawaiian repertoire, composed by Queen Liliʻuokalani, on his Ohana TK-470 G. A studio version…
Craig Chee and Sarah Maisel stopped by the Ukulele mag booth at Winter NAMM 2016 and played “Center of My Mind” from their latest album, Scene 1 Take 1. The song was written by Tyler Fortier, who produced, mixed, and…
By Mark Kemp Surfing Youtube after a satisfying day at the offices of Ukulele, Acoustic Guitar, Classical Guitar, and Strings, I ran across the Prettiots’ 2014 video for their song “Boys (I Dated in High School),” directed by ’80s Lower East…
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Here’s Andrew Molina performing “Let’s Roll” on his Kamaka at the Ukulele Magazine booth at NAMM 2016. You may recognize Molina from our list “The Next Jake: 5 Up-And-Coming Hawaiian Artists to Watch,” or from this father/son cover of Led…
Ted Wulfers stopped by the Ukulele Magazine booth at NAMM 2016 to perform a tune on his Koaloha Tenor Uke. Watch the singer-songwriter perform his breezy, freewheeling songs “Find Some Peace” and “Play the Ukulele,” from his new album You Are Here.
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.
By Greg Olwell At Winter NAMM 2016, Fender’s Ryan Zalevsky takes Ukulele magazine on a tour of its uke line.
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By Mark Kemp It’s Saturday afternoon (or evening, depending on where you are). It’s sunshiny outside (or snowing like crazy, depending on where you are), and you need to chill out. What better way than to watch Eddie Vedder, smartly…
by Greg Olwell From the time the ukulele first came to the attention of Mainlanders, people found fun and inventive ways to add some ukulele spice to whatever they were playing. Case in point, this clip recorded in 1928, where Eddie Thomas and Carl Scott…