Why I Uke: Taimane Finds Inspiration in Nature and Dreams
Busking in Waikiki as a kid helped shape who she is as an artist today
Quality Tuners Can Make Any Ukulele—Old or New—Sound and Play Better
Whether you have a collectible vintage ukulele or a new, factory-made instrument, quality tuning pegs are important to get your strings in-tune quickly and reliably.
Win This Islander MAPG-4-C Ukulele!
THIS GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED One lucky winner will receive this beautiful flamed maple gloss 4-string concert ukulele from Kanile’a. The MAPG-4-C Islander by Kanile`a `Ukulele is a wonderful, affordable instrument with high end features that add a touch of class. Based…
Ukulele Sessions: Watch Slack-Key Master Ledward Kaapana Play Two Songs
By Greg Olwell For decades, Ledward Kaapana has delighted audiences with his music. Masterful, virtuosic, and always fun, the native Hawaiian guitarist and ukulele player specializes in playing the islands’ unique slack-key style, which uses open tunings to create sounds otherwise…
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Corey Fujimoto Plays Bach on the Ukulele
By Greg Olwell In celebration of Bach’s birthday (Happy 332nd, Johann Sebastian!), we’d like to share this wonderful ukulele performance of one of the composer’s most-beloved pieces. Corey Fujimoto performs the fourth movement of Bach’s Violin Sonata No.1 (BWV 1001),…
Roots Uker Lil’ Rev Overcomes Adversity with ‘Fascinatin’ Rhythm’
Roots uker Lil’ Rev’s fascination with the ukulele has led him on a journey covering hundreds of thousands of miles over two decades.
Ukulele Sessions Presents the Birds of Chicago’s Allison Russell Playing “This Will Be Our Year” by the Zombies
In this Ukulele Sessions Presents video, Allison Russell of the Birds of Chicago takes a solo turn at the mic, performing a 1968 classic from the Zombies, “This Will Be Our Year.” The husband-and-wife team, JT Nero and Allison Russell, have been playing…
Great Ukes: The Birth of The Baritone
From the Spring 2016 issue of Ukulele | BY SANDOR NAGYSZALANCZY Quick quiz: Among the four common sizes of ukuleles—soprano, concert, tenor, and baritone—which one is tuned differently? Answer: the baritone. While the first three are tuned in standard “C”…
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Ukulele Travel Tips from Taimane [VIDEO]
By Greg Olwell Spring break, summer vacation, work trip, it doesn’t really matter when or where you’re taking your ukulele, but if you are traveling with it, take a few tips from Taimane Gardner. As a regular performer, she knows…
D’Addario Introduces Felt Ukulele Picks
By Greg Olwell D’Addario introduces the Ukulele Felt Pick, its first ukulele pick. These stiff felt picks combine the tone-softening effect of felt with a stiff center to make picking easy and warm. D’Addario also adds an elliptical cutout, which…