From the Spring 2017 issue of Ukulele |  BY STEVEN KANAHE ESPANIOLA I first met Taimane Gardner when we performed together at a series of intimate shows in downtown San Francisco sponsored by the Hawaii Visitors Bureau in February 2009. At that time, she was just breaking into the public consciousness as an up-and-coming ukulele … Continue reading WHY I UKE: Energy and Improvisation Inspire Hawaiian Virtuoso Taimane Gardner