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…
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 …
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Love at First Strum: The Ukulele Changed Jim Beloff’s Life, and Then He Changed Ours
“I tell people to be careful what they buy at a flea market. It can change your life."
Uke Tales: The Graziano ‘Beatle Bass’ Electric Uke
By Sandor Nagyszalanczy I’ve played in rock n’ roll bands since I was 13 years old, typically serving as lead singer and rhythm guitar player. But in the mid/late 1990s, I met a couple of talented musicians who were as…
Review: Martin Ukulele Premium Strings
Martin’s new ukulele strings are an alternative to fluorocarbon strings and are available in soprano, concert, and tenor sizes.
2018 Midwest Ukulele & Harmonica Camp Review
by Jim D’Ville // Photos by Steve Szilagyi It was a stroke of genius, akin to first introducing peanut butter to jelly—a ukulele and harmonica camp! And, the relationship between these two diminutive instruments seems to be working, as nearly…
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2018 Kamloops Ukulele Festival Review
by Jim D’Ville // Photos by Vic Hamm In a mere three years, the Kamloops Ukulele Festival has emerged as a premiere ukulele retreat north of the U.S. border. The event’s third annual incarnation happened at the Sorrento Retreat Center…
Practical Solutions for Managing Stage Fright
Here are some tips for combatting those pre-show jitters