A boutique super tenor with great volume and tone BY MATT BLACKETT | FROM THE SUMMER 2020 ISSUE OF UKULELE I lived in Hawaii as a kid, but in case my alabaster complexion didn’t give it away, I’m not an…
Think nobody actually wins those giveaways you see in magazines? Think again. Congratulations to Jerry Posner of western Massachusetts, who was chosen out of more than 3,000 entries as the winner of the grand prize from our most recent giveaway,…
By Stephanie Powell It started with a simple idea: Plant a koa tree for every ukulele that Kanile’a built. But thriving forests don’t exist with only one species of tree, and so the dream turned into a challenge: create a…
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BY EDDIE SCHER | FROM THE SUMMER 2019 ISSUE OF UKULELE Subtle, beautiful woods, with nothing distracting from its focus on tone—that was my first impression of the new Kanile`a Oha-T tenor. Just like the unadorned vintage Style 0’s of…
Joe Souza who founded Kanile`a Ukuleles with his wife Kristen in 1998, shows off two of the Hawaiian company’s new models. The big news is the company’s (and Joe and Kristen Souza’s) 20th anniversary and they’re celebrating it with a…
At Summer NAMM 2017, Kanile`a head Joe Souza introduced a new version of its MT-4 EQ model, a tenor ukulele with mahogany front, back, and sides, tortoiseshell front and back binding, and an onboard preamp and pickup. Also on display were…
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…
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By Greg Olwell For players not able to spend the money on one of Kanile’a‘s Hawaii-crafted ukuleles, the company developed the Islander line. Developed by Kanile’a’s Joe Souza, this line includes several features from the higher-end line, but in a more affordable import line…
Da Ukulele Boyz (Peter deAquino and Garrett Probst) stopped by the Ukulele booth at NAMM 2016 to perform a song on their Kanile’a ukes. Watch the duo play “G Minor Fleas,” from their recent release Just Cuz.