Learn How the Beatles, Buddy Holly & the Rolling Stones Grabbed Listeners By the Ears
Our ears perk up when hearing something outside of the seven major-scale chords
4 New Ohana Ukes, From Tiny to Terror:
O’Nina Sopranissimo, CK-14CL Cynthia Lin Signature concert, CK-450SMP Spalted Maple, and TK-39 Tenor
BY GREG OLWELL | FROM THE FALL 2018 ISSUE OF UKULELE Any ukulele this small is going to make you think it’s a toy, but the Ohana O’Nina is no disposable ukulele-shaped-object. Ohana pulled a fast one on everyone when, a…
Electric Ukes! Amplifying the Ukulele
Tracing the history of electrified ukuleles
Ukulele Music to Play: Learn the Ziegfeld Follies Classic ‘Shine on Harvest Moon’
BY ADAM PERLMUTTER | FROM THE WINTER 2016 ISSUE OF UKULELE When Florenz Ziegfeld first produced a New York City theatrical review, in 1907, he just intended to give people some breezy and inexpensive summer entertainment. But the inaugural show…
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New Releases from Taimane, Chee & Maisel, Sokolow, and More
FROM THE FALL 2018 ISSUE OF UKULELE TAIMANE Elemental [taimane.com] On her latest album, Honolulu native Taimane Gardner continues to expand upon the kinetic ukulele style she developed over the years. Over seven original tracks titled after the classical elements,…
Chee and Maisel Celebrate Beloff
There is no doubt that “Jumpin’ Jim” Beloff is big reason why many of us are playing ukulele today. Through his books, DVDs, and workshops, he has directly and indirectly reached many people who may otherwise never have picked up…
Learn Two Ukulele Arrangements of the Jazz Standard “Avalon”
"Avalon" became a jazz standard and favorite jamming vehicle for instrumentalists like Django Reinhardt, Benny Goodman, Red Nichols, and Coleman Hawkins.
A Letter From the Geraldine Ukulele Festival: A Warm Welcome (Kia Ora) a Long Way from Home
By Aaron Keim This July our duo, The Quiet American, was invited to perform and teach at the Geraldine Ukulele Festival in Geraldine, New Zealand. Our hosts, Fi and Hugh McCafferty, also offered to help us find some other events…
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Great Ukes: The J.R. Stewart Le Domino
BY SANDOR NAGYZLANCZY | FROM THE WINTER 2017 ISSUE OF UKULELE Of all the hundreds of painted, stenciled, or otherwise decorated ukuleles made in America during the “uke craze” of the 1920s, few are as attractive and instantly recognizable the…
Ukulele Events: September, October, November & December 2018
COMPILED BY AUDREY COLEMAN 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: Winter 2018 issue August 1, 2018 Spring 2019 issue …