By Greg Olwell Let’s look at some vintage film shot in Hawaii for Aloha Friday. Throughout the ’20s, the mainland US was enthralled with the culture and music of the Hawaiian Islands and this nine-minute film, made by the Ford Motor Company…
BY GREG OLWELL I couldn’t help but notice something odd when violin-maker Andrew Carruthers lead me the backyard his freshly varnished violins and cellos dry in the golden California sun. I saw a large open headstock, like you’d see on an old…
By Greg Olwell For this week’s Throwback Thursday, we are celebrating the birthday of one of the most famous ukulele players, George Harrison. The Beatles’ guitarist and songwriter was known for many things, including writing some of the catchiest hooks…
By Greg Olwell With the ukulele’s popularity still soaring during the world’s first wave of ukulele love, it’s no surprise that one of the all-time great comedy duos used a uke in one of its famous slapstick romps. For this week’s Throwback Thursday, we…
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By Greg Olwell For this week’s Throwback Thursday, I wanted to make a personal post about my first ukulele. After playing guitar for many years, I fell in love with vintage Hawaiian music back in the mid-’90s. Soon after I…
When it comes to lasting beauty and serious mojo, it’s hard to top a vintage harp ukulele. Invented by an innovative, if occasionally questionably skilled, luthier Chris Knutsen, the harp ukulele was a member of his “New Hawaiian Family,” which…
Kalyn Aolani stopped by the Ukulele booth at NAMM 2016 to perform “Nani Hanalei” on her KoAloha Naupaka Tenor ukulele. We loved Kalyn’s cover of Kai Davis’ Hawaiian language classic. Simply gorgeous! Now, after seeing this two-tone ukulele, you may want to check out our…
Kalei Gamiao stopped by the Ukulele booth at NAMM 2016 to perform “Separate Ways” on his Kamaka tenor ukulele. Watch the deft fingerpicker play “Separate Ways” in advance of his world tour with Taimane Gardner. Read more about Kalei in Ukulele‘s Fall 2015 issue.
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By Greg Olwell At Winter NAMM 2016, Fender’s Ryan Zalevsky takes Ukulele magazine on a tour of its uke line.
by Greg Olwell From the time the ukulele first came to the attention of Mainlanders, people found fun and inventive ways to add some ukulele spice to whatever they were playing. Case in point, this clip recorded in 1928, where Eddie Thomas and Carl Scott…