UkeBoard Skateboard
By Greg Olwell There can be a lot more to being a ukulele player than just playing ukulele. It’s a lifestyle and one of the goals is enjoying life and expressing your love of the instrument. That’s where luthier Pepe Romero…
Ukulele Sessions Presents Casey MacGill
By Greg Olwell Equipped with a 6-string tenor ukulele, Casey MacGill breezed into the Ukulele studio and wowed us with a few songs from his playlist, his easy charm, and great sense of humor. MacGill performs regularly in the the Seattle area on cornet,…
The Ohio Ukulele Campout
By Jim D’Ville I could hear the last hurrah of boisterous summer strumming wafting through the forested hilltops of north central Ohio. Yes, it’s once again time for the annual Ohio Ukulele Campout! Now in its fourth year, the OUC…
Ukulele Concerto Performance Coming to Michigan
The string section of an orchestra usually includes dozens of violins, violas, cellos, and double basses. For one night in November, the Michigan Philharmonic Orchestra will add a ukulele for a special concerto. “Jumpin’” Jim Beloff will be performing his piece Uke…
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5 Overlooked Features When Buying Your First (or Next) Really Good Ukulele
Beyond how an instrument feels, sounds, or calls to you, there are some often overlooked features to consider for both “off-the-rack” and custom-built ukuleles.
Ukulele Sessions: James Hill & Anne Janelle Play Traditional Tunes with Cello and Vocals
James Hill and Anne Janelle play three songs for our cameras on this Ukulele Session, including two old-time classics and an original written by James Hill.
Review: Jake Takes a New Direction on ‘Nashville Sessions’
Jake Shimabukuro Nashville Sessions (JS Records) Of course, like everyone else Jake Shimabukuro has relied on acoustic tones and high-fidelity recordings for prior studio albums, like the orchestral accompaniment of 2012’s Grand Ukulele or the sparse solo ukulele work on 2007’s…
Learn to Play “Chocolate Banana Pie” by Ryo Natoyama (with downloadable sheet music)
From the Winter 2016 issue of Ukulele | BY ADAM PERLMUTTER I didn’t necessarily want to like “Chocolate Banana Pie,” by the young Japanese uke master Ryo Natoyama. But as I prepared it in notation, I grew fonder of this…
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Beyond The Hum & Strum: The Luongo Ukulele Experience
The ambitious goal of this workshop is getting students ready to perform at a uke festival
Watch the Ukulele’s Cousin, the Cavaquinho, on this Throwback Thursday
By Greg Olwell The ukulele has many cousins throughout the world. Since the ukulele evolved from the machête, a small instrument brought to Hawaii from the Portuguese archipelago of Madeira, there are many similar stringed instruments throughout the lands colonized by the…