Seattle school students get 25 ukuleles and music lessons, thanks to efforts by Karla Brustad and her daughter, Jessica ...

Its frisky four strings are the sound of Elvis’s ‘Blue Hawaii,’ of Tiny Tim tiptoeing through the tulips and lately, beyond all reason, of a popular ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ cover. Above all, the humble ...

The decision to name a state instrument in Hawaii is proving more difficult than some lawmakers expected. At first, it seemed a proposal to give the title to the ukulele it was going to be an easy ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Shawn Yacavone grew up surrounded by the ukulele. At home and at school, in parks and in friends’ houses — it was everywhere. “There’s always some music going on in the ...

LAFAYETTE — On a warm Saturday afternoon in March, the sounds of ukulele music wafted outside the Lamorinda Music studio that visitors thought it felt like they were in Hawaii instead of the Bay Area ...

Which ukulele tuner is best? The ukulele is eminently portable and fun to play. As a result, the instrument has maintained its popularity, with around 1.5 million units sold each year in the U.S.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Joe Souza and his wife, Kristen, own Kanile’a Ukulele. The family’s relatives were some of the first Portuguese to immigrate to Hawaii 140 years ago. “What they brought with ...

Ukelele star Jake Shimabukuro plays the House of Blues Saturday, June 15. (Merri Cyr) Jake Shimabukuro first became widely known when a YouTube video of the ukulele virtuoso strumming George ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Its frisky four strings are the sound of Elvis’s “Blue Hawaii,” of Tiny Tim tiptoeing through the tulips and lately, beyond all reason, of a popular ...