Bryan Tolentino is One of the Ukulele World’s Secret Weapons
Tolentino is the ukulele player Hawaii’s top artists and producers call when they want that indescribable, "certain something" on their track
November 2016
A Blizzard of Ukes at the Great Minnesota Ukulele Gathering
By Jim D’Ville Neither snow nor rain nor Minnesota’s first blizzard of the impending winter could stay over 100 hearty ukulele players from attending The Great Minnesota Ukulele Gathering, held November 18 and 19 in Minneapolis. The event, produced under the…
Great Ukes: The Harmony Roy Smeck Vita-Ukulele
First sold in June 1927, this uke had an unusual lute-like shape that was sized somewhere between a soprano and a concert ukulele.
27 Ukulele-Heavy @Instagram Accounts We Love
By Greg Olwell There’s simply no way to list everyone we love on the popular photo-sharing app, but there are a few accounts that keep posting the good stuff that we love seeing in our @ukulelemagazine feed. Looking for some favorites of your…
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Japan: The Colorful History of the Ukulele’s Second Home
From the Winter 2016 issue of Ukulele | BY KEVIN C. CROWELL You may have seen the bumper sticker with a picture of a ukulele and the words “I’m Huge in Japan.” Well, it’s true. Totally true. Why is the…
Gods of Uke: Ohta-San’s Cool Touch
From the Summer 2016 issue of Ukulele | BY AUDREY COLEMAN The opening moments of “Stardust” come in leisurely phrases, as if the musician is pausing to reflect on cherished memories. Each note has a purity. As the song’s regular…
Arthur Godfrey and Doris Day Sing the Glass Bottom Boat
By Greg Olwell With Arthur Godfrey’s birthday falling on August 31, we want to share this video of Godfrey playing with Doris Day. The two perform the title song from the 1966 comedy The Glass Bottom Boat and cap it off with…
New Releases from Jake Shimabukuro and Danielle Ate the Sandwich
Jake Shimabukuro Nashville Sessions (JS Records) Of course, like everyone else Jake Shimabukuro has relied on acoustic tones and high-fidelity recordings for prior studio albums, like the orchestral accompaniment of 2012’s Grand Ukulele or the sparse solo ukulele work on 2007’s…
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Taimane Teaches Her Triplet Technique
By Greg Olwell In her first instructional video, the prodigiously talented Taimane Gardner breaks down her three-fingered triplet technique. This plucking-hand technique is a cornerstone of classical guitar and a great one to add to your toolbox of ukulele techniques.…
Meet Del Rey, One of the Ukulele’s Most Important Players and Teachers
BY JIM D’VILLE | FROM THE WINTER 2016 ISSUE OF UKULELE What happens when you give a certain little four-year-old girl a classical guitar and make her practice every day? In this case, you get Del Rey, one of the…