Video Pick: Led Kaapana and Bob Brozman Play ‘Spanish Eyes’
In this video, shot in Maui in 2011, both musicians play resonator instruments
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Dodie Clark Plays ‘Here Comes the Sun’ on Ukulele
A Fab Four State of Mind BY GREG CAHILL Do you know Dodie? This unassuming Brit (born Dodie Clark) is a singer, uke player, independent recording artist and dancer whose YouTube channel, doddleoddle, has 1.83 million subscribers. Add a side…
Uke Review: The Klos Deluxe Tenor, a Carbon-Fiber Composite for Players on the Go
BY EDDIE SCHER | FROM THE WINTER 2019 ISSUE OF UKULELE The Klos website features photos and videos of their carbon-fiber ukuleles smashed by cinder blocks, crushed by cars, carried through snow and ice, and soldiering on without missing a…
Review: Ibanez EW Acoustic-Electric Concert Ukuleles
The Ibanez EW Acoustic-Electric Concert Ukuleles are offered in two different tonewoods, and both shine brightest when plugged in and strummed.
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Learn to Play Cliff Edwards’ Ukulele Classic ‘Fascinating Rhythm’
Learn to play Cliff “Ukulele Ike” Edwards' “Fascinating Rhythm,” as first seen along with Fred and Adele Astaire as part of the Broadway musical Lady, Be Good.
Video Lesson: Straight vs. Swing Rhythm
BY DANIEL WARD | FROM THE WINTER 2019 ISSUE OF UKULELE Does this song swing? What are “even-eighth” notes? What is a blues shuffle? Do I even know when I’m strumming with a swing or not? How can I tell?…
Watch Taimane in Playing for Change’s Fantastic New Video of Robbie Robertson’s ‘The Weight’!
No doubt many of you have come across one or more of the fabulous videos put out by an organization called Playing for Change, in which musicians from all over the world collaborate in real time performing a popular song,…
Why Does Crocodile Rock? Inside Elton’s John’s Hit
By Jim D’Ville When I was growing up, I wanted to be on the radio. My first break came in high school when I was on the staff of Fort Bragg High’s Timberwolf Radio. We were allotted 15 minutes every…
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Ukulele Player Molly Lewis Tells Us What’s in Her Case
Molly Lewis She provides a checklist of things every ukulele player should carry, selected with the kind of care that allows aficionados to choose which gear will work best for them as well.
This Kanile’a Ukulele Will Help Plant a Forest
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…