THEY ALL have histories spanning centuries. But the accordion, ukulele and klezmer music are experiencing a rebirth. Those Old World, old-timey sounds that used to be more hip to your grandparents are ...
"Play something I'd recognize," an intrepid Hawaii traveler insisted when we visited the mainland some time ago. My son, the ‘ukulele player, played several traditional Hawaiian songs, drawing nothing ...
The Patton Pending Ukulele Ensemble performed a concert at the Fallbrook Library Oct. 28. It was a brilliant hour of ...
HONOLULU (KHON2) — Aloha Festivals has cancelled the main events for 2020 due the ongoing impacts of COVID-19. The annual event seeks to perpetuate the Hawaiian culture and the diversity of these ...
SALEM, Ore. — The sounds of an upbeat version of “Walk the Line” floated through the air at Candalaria Terrace as 24 ukulele players strummed in unison. How many places can you go where people are ...
It was a Boston band, of all things, that changed Jake Shimabukuro’s understanding of what he could do on the ukulele. As a kid growing up in Hawaii, he mostly played traditional music on the ...
"It's an activist instrument," declared Eddie Vedder last week, speaking by phone from a Seattle recording studio. He wasn't talking about the Fender electric he once decorated in tribute to the late ...