By Greg Olwell During a recent swing through Northern California, noted blues, jug band, and ragtime ukulele player Del Rey stopped by our studio for a Ukulele Sessions Presents performance. Together with guitarist Steve James, who accompanied her on two…
By Greg Olwell Twenty One Pilots are all over the airwaves with massive hits like “Ride” and “Stressed Out.” But, just a few years ago, the duo from Columbus, Ohio, created this really lovely cover of “Can’t Help Falling in…
BY GREG OLWELL Lead by ukulele player Paul Hemmings, the Paul Hemmings Uketet is on a mission to present the four-string as the melodic and harmonic centerpiece of a jazz trio. Using drums, bass, and the tight voicings available on…
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Kala recently debuted a flashy new addition to its archtop ukulele line. Now available in metallic white, the Kala Archtop has a body with an arched spruce top, mahogany back and sides, and a mahogany neck with a rosewood fingerboard.…
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…
Luna Guitars showed off its ukulele baritone bass at the Summer NAMM show in Nashville. Luna’s baritone basses, are different from other bass ukuleles, though. The Luna Uke Baritone A/E is made with a baritone body, a 21-inch scale, and use…
Cordoba sales manager Ryan Cooper showed off additions to the company’s most popular line, the 15 series, plus new wood choices for the ukulele-like Mini-Guitar. The Cordoba 15TM is a tenor version of the company’s best-selling all-mahogany line. The soprano…
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You’ve heard of a pineapple-shaped ukulele, but the new Pineapple from Hawaiian Ukulele and Guitar, introduced at the Summer NAMM show in Nashville, is something else. The bowl-shaped back is carved into from a single piece of golden acacia,…
By Greg Olwell Journey instruments introduced a new “scoopaway” concert ukulele at the Summer NAMM show in Nashville, Tennessee. The Journey J-uke UC770C is made from meranti, a Southeast Asian wood also known as Philippine mahogany. The top is solid meranti,…