Amazon Prime Day finds for ukulele players
Once a year, Amazon marks down prices on select inventory for its Prime members. If you’re one of them, we’ve rounded up all the ukulele-related products on sale. Check them out now, these offers expire throughout the day! Prime members…
Get More Control Over Your Sound and Rhythm on Ukulele with this Meditative Exercise
Win This Eden E-Uke Amp!
THIS GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED The E-Uke from Eden allows you to have access to a fun, portable and simple to use ukulele combo which looks great as well as providing great amplification. Don’t settle for a guitar or bass amplifier –…
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Great Ukes: The 8-String Martin Taropatch Paved the Way for Larger Ukes
Happy 4th of July: Watch Jake Shimabukuro Play ‘America the Beautiful’
By Greg Olwell On our soundtrack for the Fourth of July is this rendition of “America the Beautiful” by Jake Shimabukuro. Competing with Jake’s sensitive playing here is the location: Garden of the Gods a National Natural Landmark in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Happy 4th of July: Learn to Play ‘Stars and Stripes Forever’ on Your Ukulele!
Stars and Stripes Forever | Music by John Philip Sousa, Arranged by Marcy Marxer Enjoy this arrangement of “Stars and Stripes Forever,” which was inspired by Jesse Kalima. Thank you to Jesse Kalima Jr. for his time and generosity of information as well…
UKE SCENE: San Francisco
From the Summer 2017 issue of Ukulele | BY UKULENNY San Francisco, land of rumbling cable cars, sourdough bread bowls, and Tony Bennett’s voice ringing in the night sky after a Giant’s baseball game at AT&T Park. It may not…
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Watch Iz Kamakawiwo’ole Perform ‘White Sandy Beach of Hawaii’
By Greg Olwell On the 20th anniversary of his death on June 26, 1997, we are thinking of the legendary Iz Kamakawiwo’ole. In this official video for “White Sandy Beach of Hawaii” off his 1993 album Facing Future, Bruddah Iz performs his rendition on…
Three-Ring Circus of Four-String Delirium: The 2017 Ukulele Festival of Scotland
By Jim D’Ville // Photos by James Millar and Linda Grist D’Ville As an American who has never been to Scotland, arriving at the Ukulele Festival of Scotland was like entering a magical, musical ukulele utopia. This year’s festival took place…