Robin Tricker: “Life’s a Beach”
Watching Robin Tricker’s “Life’s a Beach” makes us wish summer would never end.
Uke Ogling: Mirabella Concert Ukulele Offered for $15,000
Every so often we head over to E-Bay to have a gander at the priciest ukulele for sale on the site. This week, it’s a Mirabella concert uke, with a rather eye-popping asking price of $15,000. Made by New York luthier…
Paul McCartney Pays Tribute to George Harrison and the Ukulele on Current Tour
A highlight of Paul McCartney’s current world tour is a ukulele tribute delivered to former Beatles bandmate George Harrison. “These days everyone is well into the ukulele,” McCartney told the adoring audience at his July 6 show in Albany, New York.…
Ukulele Band to Open their Own Pub
We’ll drink to this. The British ukulele band the Everly Pregnant Brothers will assume control of The Shakespeare at Heeley, a long neglected pub south of Sheffield. “The idea was sparked over a pint after we’d come out of rehearsals,”…
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Ukulele Sessions: Bluesman Chris Smither Recalls His First Ukulele Tune
Before he became one of the country's most respected blues guitarists and songwriters, Chris Smither got his start on the ukulele
Stuart Crout Performs “The Final Countdown” on his Kazookeylele
“Epic.” –Ukulele Senior Editor, Greg Olwell
A Ukulele Club Grows in Brooklyn
Calling all New York ukers! The newly formed Clinton Hill Ukulele Social Club will host a public jam session on Saturday, August 2 at Brooklyn’s Fort Greene Park at 4 p.m. “We are really there to entertain ourselves,” the group’s organizer, Liz Rabson…
Tom Freund Performs ‘Queen of the Desert’ on a Collings Tenor Uke
Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Tom Freund stopped by the Ukulele magazine offices recently, and picked up one of the Collings ukes we were reviewing for the Fall 2014 issue. We kindly asked Tom to give us a tune, and he obliged…
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The Tampa Bay Ukulele Society Knows How to Host a Jam Session
Written by Julie Garisto, this article appeared in the Fall 2014 issue of Ukulele. On a balmy Saturday afternoon in Largo, Florida, a southern suburb of Tampa, 40 people have gathered with their ukuleles at a palm tree dotted apartment…
Kids to Compete in Ukulele Contest
Silicon Valley may be the home to all things digital, but this weekend it will be treated to a dose of something altogether analog–the 1st Annual Ukes for Kids SF Bay Area Ukulele Contest in San Mateo, California. Kids from…