BY JIM D’VILLE | FROM THE FALL 2020 ISSUE OF UKULELE In 1951, Lorenzo Pimentel, a native of “old” Mexico, opened a guitar shop in New Mexico. Over 70 years later, Pimentel & Sons Guitarmakers are known the world over…
BY BLAIR JACKSON | FROM THE FALL 2020 ISSUE OF UKULELE You are to be forgiven if you looked at the word “pyrography” in the title of this article and had no idea what it meant. I don’t believe I’d…
BY BLAIR JACKSON / From the Fall 2020 issue of Ukulele Maui uke phenom Andrew Molina is the first to admit that what he wants to convey on his albums is variety: “I can’t stick to one genre,” he told…
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FROM THE FALL 2020 ISSUE OF UKULELE | BY HEIDI SWEDBERG There are moments in time when historic events frame and create a personal narrative. Usually these moments are associated with a single date: November 22, 1963; July 20, 1969;…
BY ADAM PERLMUTTER Shortly after the May 2020 killing of George Floyd, Tom Prasada-Rao, a singer-songwriter based in Silver Spring, Maryland, was watching CNN footage of protests when in a fit of inspiration he penned a new song. In its…
REVIEW BY BLAIR JACKSON / SUMMER 2020 ISSUE OF UKULELE By this point, nobody should be surprised by anything that Jake Shimabukuro does. He has always been a true eclectic, drawing on myriad styles as he strives to take the…
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BY SANDOR NAGYSZALANCZY| FROM THE SUMMER 2020 ISSUE OF UKULELE If you asked a room full of luthiers what the most tedious part of building a ukulele is, I bet that most would say it’s installing the frets, the thin…
BY JIM D’VILLE | FROM THE SUMMER 2020 ISSUE OF UKULELE The ukulele workshop is the heart and soul of nearly every ukulele festival. The reason: 99.98% of the people attending ukulele festivals play the instrument or want to learn…