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…
By Patrick Sullivan Detroit luthier Gary Zimnicki has an ongoing project of building ukuleles and guitars from the wood reclaimed from the Motor City’s abandoned homes. It stood for a century in the heart of Motor City. Built in 1910, the…
LP, the talented singer/songwriter, and uke enthusiast featured in the Fall issue of Ukulele magazine, has announced she will play a free concert at The Grove shopping mall in Los Angleles in July. The first-ever Martin Guitar ambassador for the…
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…
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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,…
Watch out Los Angeles. Hampshire, England now wants the Guinness World Record for the largest ukulele ensemble. On the heels of the Los Angeles Ukulele Expo announcing its plans to try to break the record on June 28, Hampshire County…
Few ukulele duos have are as personable and quirky as Brisbane, Australia’s, Tyrone and Lesley. Describing their act as “ukulele music for young and old,” the two men have just released their third album, Gentlemen Songsters, as well as an accompanying cabaret…
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…
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When it comes to world of ukulele, the more the merrier. Organizers at the Los Angeles Ukulele Expo hope to break the Guinness World Record for the largest strum along in history. According to the the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center’s website:…
Sometimes size does matter. The quest for the world’s smallest, playable ukuleles has led us to the following videos. While we don’t have the exact specs for this miniature Tangi ukulele, it’s amazing how good the Ukulele Orchestra of Great…