Kanekoa Plays a Marvin Gaye Classic in this Ukulele Magazine Session
Ukulele-powered Hawaiian jam-rock band Kanekoa traveled to the mainland to record a few tunes in our studio, including their tune "Hypnotized" and a Marvin Gaye classic.
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Victoria Vox Performs 2 New Songs from ‘Nirvana in REM’ | Ukulele Sessions
The intimate, stripped-down arrangements of “Color of Lying” and “Floating on Fruit” both showcase Victoria Vox’s creative use of looping ukulele and vocal parts.
Ukulele Sessions: Watch Slack-Key Master Ledward Kaapana Play Two Songs
By Greg Olwell For decades, Ledward Kaapana has delighted audiences with his music. Masterful, virtuosic, and always fun, the native Hawaiian guitarist and ukulele player specializes in playing the islands’ unique slack-key style, which uses open tunings to create sounds otherwise…
Ukulele Sessions Presents the Birds of Chicago’s Allison Russell Playing “This Will Be Our Year” by the Zombies
In this Ukulele Sessions Presents video, Allison Russell of the Birds of Chicago takes a solo turn at the mic, performing a 1968 classic from the Zombies, “This Will Be Our Year.” The husband-and-wife team, JT Nero and Allison Russell, have been playing…
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Ukulele Sessions Presents Casey MacGill
By Greg Olwell Equipped with a 6-string tenor ukulele, Casey MacGill breezed into the Ukulele studio and wowed us with a few songs from his playlist, his easy charm, and great sense of humor. MacGill performs regularly in the the Seattle area on cornet,…
Ukulele Sessions: James Hill & Anne Janelle Play Traditional Tunes with Cello and Vocals
James Hill and Anne Janelle play three songs for our cameras on this Ukulele Session, including two old-time classics and an original written by James Hill.
Sara Watkins Stuns in This Ukulele Session
By Greg Olwell When Sara Watkins was recently touring in support of her latest solo album, Young In All the Wrong Ways (New West), the singer and fiddler from Nickel Creek showed up at our studio with a ukulele, an acoustic guitar, and…
Ukulele Sessions Presents Ragtime and Blues with Del Rey and Steve James
By Greg Olwell During a recent swing through Northern California, noted blues, jug band, and ragtime ukulele player Del Rey stopped by our studio for a Ukulele Sessions Presents performance. Together with guitarist Steve James, who accompanied her on two…
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Ukulele Sessions Presents the Paul Hemmings Uketet
BY GREG OLWELL Lead by ukulele player Paul Hemmings, the Paul Hemmings Uketet is on a mission to present the four-string as the melodic and harmonic centerpiece of a jazz trio. Using drums, bass, and the tight voicings available on…
Da Ukulele Boyz, Peter deAquino and Garrett Probst, Wowed Us At This Ukulele Session
By Greg Olwell During a recent West Coast tour supporting the group’s latest release, Jus Cuz: Ukulele Duets, Da Ukulele Boyz stopped by our studio for a “Ukulele Session.” Da Ukulele Boyz are two cousins from Maui, Garrett Probst and Peter deAquino, who…