Ukulele Sessions: Kanekoa Plays “Another Brick in the Wall” Hawaiian Reggae Fusion Style
Hawaiian ukulele jam-rock band Kanekoa play their reggae-fusion ukulele take on Pink Floyd’s hit “Another Brick on the Wall” and other tunes live in-studio.
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Watch Madonna Play Ukulele and Perform ‘La Vie En Rose’
“Can you hear my ukulele,” Madonna asks the crowd before launching into a sultry cover of Édith Piaf “La Vie En Rose” in Québec City — a place where they’ll judge you if your French is bad! The pop icon…
#TBT To A 1927 Hula Girl
By Greg Olwell For this #tbt, we’re going back to a thoroughly astounding short film of one of the finest groups of the 1920s. Featuring two steel guitars, two rhythm guitarists, and ukulele player, Kalama’s Quartet is still a favorite for…
Cute Cartoon Animals? Stop Motion and Ukuleles? U900 Has it All!
The Japanese duo, U900, has suckered us in with their cuteness and awesome ukulele skills. Consisting of stop motion animated crocheted animals, the duo sing and play covers of classic songs like ‘Walk Don’t Run’ (above), ‘Twist and Shout’, and…
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Four Chords, One Holiday: Master the ‘Monster Mash’ on Uke
What is a Halloween treat that will keep on giving after the veil between worlds reappears and we’ve accepted our newfound cavities? Something to last longer than the other half of that last Kit-Kat bar? Learning how to play the “Monster Mash”–that’s what! You can…
#Throwback Thursday With Late Ukulele Master John King
By Greg Olwell This week on #TBT we’d like to take a moment to celebrate the contributions of late ukulele master John King. Though he isn’t around to ride the Third Wave of ukulele love, he planted many seeds for today’s…
Cute Alert: 4 Year Old & Uke-Playing Dad Duet for ‘Tonight You Belong to Me’
One evening in 2013, little Adelaide couldn’t sleep because of some fireworks going off outside. So dad, Benjamin Ames, reached for the bright pink ukulele he had bought her and started playing “Tonight You Belong to Me” in the hopes…
Watch Uker Edward Hernandez Absolutely Slay Aerosmith’s ‘Dream On’
Reader Edward Hernandez sent us a video of him covering Aerosmith’s “Dream On” on his Teton electric ukulele and we can’t stop watching it. Not only does Edward nail the nuanced rhythms of the song, he also pulls off the…
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Garfunkel and Oates New Album Out Now, Watch the NSFW Video for ‘Fadeaway’
The adorable, irresistible, hilarious guitar-ukulele duo Garfunkel and Oates has taken a break from its IFC show to release a new album called Secretions. Watch in the above video as Kate “Oates” Micucci (on uke) and Riki “Garfunkel” Lindhome (on…
VIDEO: Watch Herb Ohta Jr. and Bryan Tolentino Play the Ukulele Festival Hawaii
Roy Sakuma’s 45th annual Ukulele Festival Hawaii took place in Waikiki this past July, and Sakuma has posted a number of performance videos recorded at the renowned event. This video features Herb Ohta Jr. and Bryan Tolentino (joined by Halehaku…