Though Aquila quickly rose as a market leader for gut strings, Peruffo kept searching for ways to improve and modernize the product

By David Templeton “Part of the magical power of the ukulele is that it doesn’t really matter where you are when you play it,” says Craig Chee, who performs and teaches uke around the world. “When you get a group…

by Kenny Berkowitz She’s Daphne Roubini, the one with the Billie Holiday voice, all breath and wistfulness. He’s Andrew Smith, the one picking ukulele behind her, alternating between strumming and single-string leads. Together, they’re Ruby & Smith, the heart of…