Sylvie Simmons makes the transition from rock journalist to ukulele troubadour; Sid Hausman revives cowboy swing; what you need to know about custom ukes; historian Tom Walsh reflects on classical uke master John King; and a pictorial essay on San…
By David Templeton // From the Spring 2014 issue “There goes Ken Middleton,” says musician Heidi Swedberg—of Heidi Swedberg and the Sukie Jump Band—pointing through the window into a bustling downtown bakery in St. Helena, in rural Northern California. Out…
The singer-songwriter and uke player known as Danielle Ate the Sandwich has just released The Drawing Back of Curtains, a lovely and compelling 11-song collection that serves as the soundtrack to the new documentary, Packed in a Trunk: The Lost Art of Edith Lake…
For earthquake-rattled Napa Valley, the Wine Country Ukulele Festival should provide some welcome relief. The festival, which is held in St. Helena, California, comes less than two weeks after a 6.0 earthquake caused and estimated $1 billion in damages to the fabled…
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The ukulele playing will be smoking, but the money raised will help put out fires. The San Diego Ukulele Festival, which kicks off on Saturday, June 6, has announced that it will donate proceeds to the San Diego Fire Rescue Foundation.…