March 2015

Longtime Uke Club Booted from Waikiki Beach

An informal uke club that calls itself On the Beach and has been playing along the shore of Waikiki on-and-off for more than 20 years was given the boot by Honolulu officials who objected to their amplifier. According to KITV in Honolulu, Hawaii, the…

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 perform his original song “Ukulele Five-0.” Read more about Shimabukuro in our Winter 2014 issue, where he shares how his new Four Strings Foundation is…

Spring 2015

Pop Chanteuse Victoria Vox is back! Uke Evangelist Arthur Godfrey, The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain Turns 30, Celebrating Martin’s Style 3, How to Use Ukulele Pickups, Daniel Ho’s update on the State of the Ukulele Gear Reviews: Kanile`a KSTP, Tanglewood’s TUJ5 & TUJ1, Fender’s Piha`ea…