Kala recently debuted a flashy new addition to its archtop ukulele line. Now available in metallic white, the Kala Archtop has a body with an arched spruce top, mahogany back and sides, and a mahogany neck with a rosewood fingerboard.…
In a light-hearted video posted on Bill Gates’ website, the co-founder and former Microsoft CEO has a little fun with his old friend Warren Buffett at the annual stockholders’ meeting at Buffett’s company. Together, two of the world’s three wealthiest people…
By Greg Olwell At a recent fundraiser for a music in schools program on Oahu’s North Shore, Taimane jammed with her band on a fantastic flamenco-tinged groove. Together with Jazzy Jazz on guitar and Jonathan Heraux on cajon, Taimane shows off some…
By Greg Olwell Showing the speed of the contemporary culture, online ukulele video instructor John Atkins has already posted a lesson of last week’s viral video by 12-year-old Grace VanderWaal on America’s Got Talent. Under his YouTube channel, The Ukulele Teacher,…
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By Greg Olwell Accompanying herself on a ukulele, 12-year-old Grace VanderWaal wowed the judges and the audience on last night’s America’s Got Talent. Seconds into her song, “I Don’t Know My Name,” the Suffern, New York student was getting cheers…
By Greg Olwell During a recent West Coast tour supporting the group’s latest release, Jus Cuz: Ukulele Duets, Da Ukulele Boyz stopped by our studio for a “Ukulele Session.” Da Ukulele Boyz are two cousins from Maui, Garrett Probst and Peter deAquino, who…
By Greg Olwell You may have heard Pachelbel’s Canon in D before, but you’ve probably never heard it the way that 14-year-old phenom Aidan James plays it. In this beautiful and fun clip, James uses his custom Kamaka and a…
By Greg Olwell Last week, pop star Meghan Trainor visited the Howard Stern Show for an interview and performance of her yuge hit, “All About That Bass.” In this stripped-down performance of her star-making hit, Trainor strummed her rhinestone-encrusted uke…
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By Greg Olwell In this video clip, Jake Shimabukuro demonstrates how to play a triple strum. It’s a fast, flashy strum, which he thoroughly and patiently breaks down into an easy-to-follow three-step motion. Jake originally filmed this lesson for…
By Greg Olwell We just can’t resist this outtake from the PBS series Craft in America, which shows ukulele hero Jake Shimaburkuro playing one of the most beautiful songs ever to come from Hawaii, “Hi’ilawe,” with Chris Kamaka and Chris Kamaka Jr.…