How Daniel Ho’s Childhood Passion for Ukulele was Reawakened
After decades of working in various genres, I dusted off my ukulele and played a few notes—its familiar sound and feel instantly filled a void that I hadn’t realized existed
Hear the theme from John Carpenter’s “Halloween” Performed on Ukulele and Stylophone
Ukulele and Stylophone team up for a cover of one of the creepiest movie theme songs ever, “Halloween”. Originally written and performed by the film’s director, John Carpenter, Smokey Stubbs comes on like an unstoppable killer in this cut.
Happy Halloween! Here’s the Misfits’ “Halloween” on Uke
If you’re looking for Halloween music, the Misfits, forerunners of “horror punk,” are certainly a fine place to start. A quick perusal of their song titles will tell you all you need to know: “Mommy, Can I Go Out and…
Battling UK ukulele orchestras could head to court over trademark
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…
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Get Spook-ulele this Halloween with Sarah Maisel and Craig Chee
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…
Gretsch Camp Uke and Long-Neck Soprano Uke
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…
Blackbird Clara
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…
Seagull Merlin
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…