Ukulele Player Molly Lewis Tells Us What’s in Her Case
Molly Lewis She provides a checklist of things every ukulele player should carry, selected with the kind of care that allows aficionados to choose which gear will work best for them as well.
Jim D’Ville Tour Kicks Off September 5
An enabler of the ukulele (and contributing editor to this publication), Jim D’Ville is taking his “Play Ukulele By Ear” workshop on the road for a series of tour dates in across New England and Michigan. September 5 Pioneer Valley…
This Kanile’a Ukulele Will Help Plant a Forest
By Stephanie Powell It started with a simple idea: Plant a koa tree for every ukulele that Kanile’a built. But thriving forests don’t exist with only one species of tree, and so the dream turned into a challenge: create a…
Their First Instrument! 7 Greats Who Began On Ukulele
By Jim D’Ville Give a kid a ukulele and who knows; that kid may turn out to be the next Jimi Hendrix. I guess you could call the ukulele a gateway instrument as many legendary musicians began their musical journey…
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Peter Luongo is Taking Ukulele to the MAX
BY JIM D’VILLE | FROM THE FALL 2019 ISSUE OF UKULELE You never know what will happen when you give a five-year-old an accordion. For Vancouver, British Columbia–native Peter Luongo, it set him on a musical journey that would eventually…
Taimane Offers Tips on Stage Fright & Talks Upcoming Tour
BY LAURENCE VITTES After a busy concert season, playing music in all genres including her own compositions in brilliant, innovative ways on the ukulele, winning new fans for her and her instrument wherever she goes, Taimane returned home to Honolulu…
Meet ‘The Shenanigans’: Not Your Average Ukulele Band
By Stephanie Powell Earlier this month, the Atlantic‘s weekly Friendship Files column featured a quartet of women who channel the spirit of the ukulele on a regular basis. Fate led them each to an Illinois-based, 20-piece strumalong group the Hummers…
Uke Events: September, October, November, and December 2019
By Kelsey Holt Submission Information Listings are free for ukulele events, though we may not have space to include every submission. Deadlines for the next four issues are: August 5, 2019 (Winter 2019); November 4, 2019 (Spring 2020); February 3,…
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Grace VanderWaal Donates Signed Ukulele for Scholarship Fund
By Stephanie Powell A $5 donation could land you with America’s Got Talent alum Grace VanderWaal‘s autographed Fender ukulele. The singer-ukulele player offered up her instrument to the Rockland County Day School Scholarship Fund as a way to raise money…
New and Notable Ukuleles at Summer NAMM
By Nicolas Grizzle It was 95 degrees with 100 percent humidity in mid-July this year, but it was 72 and breezy in the cool confines of the Summer NAMM convention center downtown. And that’s where we tried to spend most…