Jake Shimabukuro

Jake Shimabukuro

Virtuoso uke player, songwriter, arranger, performer, and recording artist Jake Shimabukuro has been the most popular Hawaiian ukulele artist in the world since the early 2000s. He is the most influential player of the modern era and has also been wildly successful at working with artists in other genres. A YouTube video of him playing George Harrison's "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" has been viewed by many millions of people.

Learn Jake’s Triple-Strum Technique

By Greg Olwell In this video clip, Jake Shimabukuro demonstrates how to play a triple strum. It’s a fast, flashy strum, which he thoroughly and pat... Read More...

Watch Jake Shimabukuro and Chris Kamaka Play “Hi’ilawe”

By Greg Olwell We just can't resist this outtake from the PBS series Craft in America, which shows ukulele hero Jake Shimaburkuro playing one of the most bea... Read More...

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Kamaka Hits 100: Five Generations of World-Class Ukuleles

ABOVE: Fred Kamaka Sr. and the Kamaka 100-anniversary headstock. (Fred Kamaka photo by Christopher Phaneuf.) From the Summer 2016 Issue | BY AUDREY COLEMAN Th... Read More...

Ukulele virtuoso's Brittni Paiva, Kalei Gamiao, Andrew Molina, Kris Fuchigami, Corey Fujimoto

The Next Jake: 5 Up-And-Coming Hawaiian Artists to Watch

By Kenny Berkowitz They’re young, they’re phenomenally talented, and they’re dreaming of becoming the next Jake Shimabukuro. And why shouldn’t they? Meet the f... Read More...

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Jake Shimabukuro performing with the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra

Byron Yasui Pens a Ukulele Tour de Force for Jake Shimabukuro

By Audrey Coleman Photography courtesy of Hawaii Symphony Orchestra It’s not that nobody has ever thought of writing a concerto for the ukulele. In 1999, the ... Read More...

Watch Jake Shimabukuro and Composer Byron Yasui Prep for Concerto World Premiere

We're counting the days, hours, and minutes until the world premiere of Byron Yasui's Concerto for ‘Ukulele and Orchestra, Campanella, to be performed by Ja... Read More...

Watch Jake Shimabukuro Explain How to Pronounce ‘Ukulele’

Uke master Jake Shimabukuro recently stopped by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Studio Q to provide the definitive pronunciation of "ukulele" and perfor... Read More...

Jake Shimabukuro Reaches Children Through New Foundation

Shimabukuro spreads the ukulele gospel through his new Four Strings Foundation By David Knowles In today’s ukulele universe there’s no star as bright as Jake ... Read More...

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Pop-Fueled Uke Chanteuse Victoria Vox

If there hasn’t been a university study on the psychological and sociological benefits of playing the ukulele, now might be a good time—and Victoria Vox could be the Test Case.... Read More...