Town Receives Grant to Start Youth Ukulele Club

The ukulele youth movement will soon have another place to call home. The Portsmouth Music and Arts Center (PMAC) in Portsmouth, New Hampshire,  has received a $500 grant from the Southern New Hampshire Ukulele Group (SNHUG) to launch a youth ukulele…

Blackbird Composite Ukulele Wins Design Award

Blackbird, the San Fransisco-based stringed instrument maker, has picked up the 2014 International Design Excellence Award for its Clara composite ukulele.  The Industrial Designers Society of America handed out the award this week, singling out the Clara as a “travel-friendly instrument capable…

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Five Days of Ukulele Bliss in Maryland

The lineup of performers and workshop hosts for this year’s Uke and Guitar Summit in North Bethesda, Maryland will include Victoria Vox, James Hill, Stuart Fuchs and Ukulele magazine contributor Marcy Marxer. The uke heavy, five-day event kicks off on…

Let the Ukulele Backlash Begin

By David Knowles Here come the haters. With the ukulele’s incredible rise in popularity over the past decade, it is inevitable that not everyone on the planet would be equally taken with the sudden ubiquity of the  four-stringed instrument. Indeed,…

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Meet the Winners of the Fall 2014 Play this Issue Contest

And the Lulu Tenor goes to…Edward Hernandez! Congratulations Edward, your version of Bob Marley’s “Three Little Birds” proved to be the favorite! If anyone missed Ed’s video, check it out here: The second prize, a five-pack of GHS strings, will go…