Is there room in the world for two ukulele orchestras with similar names and similar performance elements? The simple answer is, yes, but the reality is more complicated for the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain (UOGB), which has accused the…
Spend Halloween with ukulele’s favorite couple, Sarah Maisel and Craig Chee, at the California Ukulele Academy’s Halloween Mountain Retreat. Maisel and Chee, who appeared on the cover of our Summer issue and got engaged over the summer, will lead full-day workshops on Friday and Saturday during…
By Ken Hughes Like a handful of other storied, American instrument manufacturers, Gretsch participated in the first uke boom nearly a century ago, and the fact that the company is still around to take part in the current surge in…
The idea started with having an instrument for the maker’s four-year-old daughter and turned into a concert-sized ukulele that’s collecting design awards. Made from an new bio-based composite material called Ekoa, the Blackbird Clara is an innovative new ukulele from…
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Let us be the first to say, the Seagull Merlin—it is not a ukulele. It’s not even an instrument that really existed before Seagull invented what it calls the “strummable dulcimer,” but it’s so charming and user-friendly that ukulele players…
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Thanks for helping us out by taking the survey! Your feedback is essential. Please accept our apologies for leaving “tenor ukulele” off the list of primary instruments. It was a clerical error- no intentional dis to the tenor uke! If…
Join us in congratulating Lille Farrell, who is now the proud owner of a Kala Guitarlele. The Guitarlele is tuned to A-D-G-C-E-A, projects a bright full tone, similar to capoing up on the 5th fret of a guitar and has…
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Getting in tune with the holiday season? Ukulele Mike Lynch has just published Christmas Ukulele: Chord/Melody Arrangements for 33 holiday favorites. This easy-to-purchase eBook includes charts for “Deck the Halls,” “We Three Kings,” “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, “Let It…
Jason Mraz discusses the making of a ukulele classic. Martin Guitar ukulele ambassador LP reveals how the instrument jump-started the acclaimed songwriter’s solo career. The true story behind the Birth of the Ukulele. The Mersey Belles keep the United Kingdom’s…