Last week, the group known as Ukuleles for Peace (UFP) was invited to perform at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. The UFP organization was founded by uke lover Paul Moore with the goal of bringing Jewish…
Andrew Molina, an up-and-coming ukulele player who made our list of 5 Hawaiian artists to watch, recently stopped by the Ukulele Site on Oahu’s North Shore to perform a stirring cover of Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” with his dad, Jay Molina.…
By Kenny Berkowitz They’re young, they’re phenomenally talented, and they’re dreaming of becoming the next Jake Shimabukuro. And why shouldn’t they? Meet the future stars of Hawaiian ukulele. Brittni Paiva Hometown: Hilo, Hawaii Covers: “Boogie Woogie Bossa Nova,” “Somewhere Over…
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By Audrey Coleman Photography courtesy of Hawaii Symphony Orchestra It’s not that nobody has ever thought of writing a concerto for the ukulele. In 1999, the Wallingford (Connecticut) Symphony Orchestra commissioned uke player-composer Jim Beloff to write Uke Can’t Be Serious:…
This audio goes along with the article in the Summer 2015 issue of Ukulele magazine.
Check out the audio examples from Ukulele Fall 2015 below: This article originally appeared in the Fall 2015 issue of Ukulele magazine. Click here for more on that issue.
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I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me when I first opened the boxes from Hawaiian ukulele makers KoAloha. Surprised to find mix-and-match tops staring back at me, I squinted, did a double take, and finally took a closer…