By Greg Olwell Thanks to another show-stopping performance, a 12-year-old singer-songwriter-ukulelelist heads to the finals of a popular talent show. With her Luna Uke Tattoo Concert and a small band backing her, Grace VanderWaal debuted a new song, “Light the…
By Greg Olwell At 6’ 4” and 315 pounds, Nila Kasitati seems born to be an offensive lineman in the NFL. The 23-year-old rookie, who will be playing guard for Washington D.C.’s professional football team this season, recently picked up…
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Straight out of Kamloops, British Columbia, Riversong’s Mike Miltimore showed off the company’s new ukulele at the Summer NAMM show in Nashville. The Riversong Trad SE ukulele includes several features unique to Riversong. The neck flows through the Trad…
By Greg Olwell At a recent fundraiser for a music in schools program on Oahu’s North Shore, Taimane jammed with her band on a fantastic flamenco-tinged groove. Together with Jazzy Jazz on guitar and Jonathan Heraux on cajon, Taimane shows off some…
By Greg Olwell Showing the speed of the contemporary culture, online ukulele video instructor John Atkins has already posted a lesson of last week’s viral video by 12-year-old Grace VanderWaal on America’s Got Talent. Under his YouTube channel, The Ukulele Teacher,…
By Greg Olwell Ukulele players Bryan Tolentino and Herb Ohta Jr. won big at this weekend’s Na Hoku Hanohano awards in Honolulu, taking home the Ukulele Album of the Year award. The awards celebrate Hawaiian music and given by Hawaiian…
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By Greg Olwell When a large power outage in downtown Seattle left a woman stranded in an elevator, a ukulele player knew just what might help ease a frightening situation. Play a song on his ukulele. When the woman was…
By Greg Olwell You may have heard Pachelbel’s Canon in D before, but you’ve probably never heard it the way that 14-year-old phenom Aidan James plays it. In this beautiful and fun clip, James uses his custom Kamaka and a…