From the Winter 2016 issue of Ukulele | BY KAREN PETERSON
As a young man, George Formby Jr. had no ambitions to become the UK’s highest-paid entertainer. He wa... Read More...
From the Fall 2014 issue of Ukulele | BY MARCY MARXER
A visionary player on the ukulele, guitar, tenor banjo, and lap-steel guitar, the vaudeville performer Roy... Read More...
BY AUDREY COLEMAN
In 1931 she took on the New York Musicians’ Union, threatening legal action if the organization would not include the ukulele in its list of ... Read More...
Bill Tapia influenced both the Golden Age of Ukulele and the uke revival
They called him “Uncle Bill,” or “Tappy,” but to many he was known as “The Duke of Uke... Read More...
Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
By Dan Kois
The tiny ukulele never looked so small as when it was played by Israel Kamakawiwo’ole. Set against his massive frame—by the... Read More...
