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• Ukulele host first pop-up shop at Fourth & Main boutique - The Upcoming
  Ukulele host first pop-up shop at Fourth & Main boutiqueThe UpcomingUkulele's is only a year old and already it has made a splash in creating wearable clothes that juxtapose east and west cultures and fashion forward at the same time. Pioneered by Purple-Qie Qin, the brand has made a point of steering away from ... […]
• Answer Sheet Offers More Than Sweet Pop Ukulele Tunes - Jakarta Globe
  Answer Sheet Offers More Than Sweet Pop Ukulele TunesJakarta GlobeOn their debut release “Chapter 1: Ista Promenade,” vocalist and ukulele handlers Wafiq “Ogi” Giotama and Mas Gilang Karebet (“Rebet”), along with bass player Abdullah Haq (“Abi”), creates a sound effortlessly balancing Tropicalia and alternative pop. […]
• Afternoon Melodies: Young Musician Plays the Ukulele in Prospect Park - Patch.com
  Afternoon Melodies: Young Musician Plays the Ukulele in Prospect ParkPatch.comHer newest album comes out in July. But on Thursday, Salimando wasn't playing the piano. She was in the park strumming a ukulele and singing. "I play piano mainly, but I came out today because I'm poor," she said, only half kidding. "I didn't want to . […]
• Ukulele Fever Descending on Port Washington - Patch.com
  Ukulele Fever Descending on Port WashingtonPatch.comUnderhill is in the process of putting together U.K.E., a new ukulele group that will begin meeting on Thursday, May 30, from 3:30-4:15 p.m. at Wright Music. The group is open to everyone – from those interested in playing the ukulele to those who've ... […]
• Shawn Clarke: A conversation on NXNE, 52 ukulele songs and just having fun - Examiner.com
  Examiner.comShawn Clarke: A conversation on NXNE, 52 ukulele songs and just having funExaminer.comI got the Ukulele for Christmas, from my girlfriend. I was in a bit of a creative slump. The uke ended up being a way to get out of that, I guess. The one thing I found was that when I was playing it, I could sort of break all of the self imposed rules ... […]
• A chance for ukulele fans to band together - Timaru Herald
  Timaru HeraldA chance for ukulele fans to band togetherTimaru HeraldALEXIA JOHNSTON. Last updated 07:23 16/05/2013. hugh and fi mccafferty. SUPPLIED. CALLING ALL UKULELE MUSOS: Hugh and Fi McCafferty will host a range of ukulele events over a weekend in July in a bid to get more people playing the instrument. […]
• Answer Sheet: In the name of ukulele - Jakarta Post
  Jakarta PostAnswer Sheet: In the name of ukuleleJakarta PostThe trio consists of Ogi and Rebet on ukulele and new member Abi on bass, they have just released their debut album Chapter I: Istas Promenade. The album itself is a concept album, in which follows the life of Istas, an imaginary character that lives ... […]
• Ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro subject of PBS film “Life on Four Strings” - Channel Guide Magazine (blog)
  Channel Guide Magazine (blog)Ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro subject of PBS film “Life on Four Strings”Channel Guide Magazine (blog)Thirtysomething, fourth-generation Japanese-American Jake Shimabukuro is the subject of the compelling portrait Jake Shimabukuro: Life on Four Strings. Jake Shimabukuro is a ukulele virtuoso, and you may have heard of and seen […]
• His Ukulele Is On Fire - Wall Street Journal (blog)
  Wall Street Journal (blog)His Ukulele Is On FireWall Street Journal (blog)Just about anyone can pick up the ukulele and make music in no time, but who ever goes beyond the basics? Historically, the lowly Portuguese-descended cousin of the guitar has served to accompany the vocals of aloha-spirited islanders or winking comics ...PBS documentary: Meet the rock […]
• Eat your heart out, Tiny Tim: Ukulele craze takes southern Maine - The Forecaster
  The ForecasterEat your heart out, Tiny Tim: Ukulele craze takes southern MaineThe ForecasterThe word "ukulele" (sometimes spelled "ukelele") is Hawaiian, and means "leaping flea." The word is taken from "uku" (flea, louse) and "lele" (to leap or jump). Coined in the 1890s, about a decade after the instrument […]