By Derek See Like so many other innovative artists and artisans, the work of German immigrant Hermann Weissenborn (1863–1936) has taken on far greater importance after his passing. After spending several years repairing pianos and violins in New York City…
We’ve just added a brand new product to our store – the Ukulele tote bag. Now you can tote your ukulele, songbook, margarita machine, organic gluten-free grains, or anything else in the Ukulele magazine tote bag. It’s made in America…
Of all the covers of Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off” floating around the Internet, we’re loving this one by crazy Canadians Walk off the Earth (who famously covered Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used To Know”). Using ukuleles, shakers, and kazoos, they transform the pop song into…
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
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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.
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…
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…
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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…