FORT WORTH, Texas — Plinka, plinka, plinka. This is the sound of me, after a decadelong unconsummated crush on a ukulele, finally playing a C chord. In tune. A grin begins to crawl across my face, ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The ukulele has a distinct sound, but have you ever thought about how it would sound if it were to come from the late 1800s or early 1900s? Shawn Yacavone is owner of ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- You won’t find a single palm tree. No rolling waves, pineapples or surfers. But at this spot you always hear sounds of paradise. Genie and John Gonzalez Del Solar are owners of Fan ...

According to Ukulele magazine, George wouldn’t have fallen in love with the ukulele without George Formby, who popularized the instrument in England in the 1920s. At one point, Formby was the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. You really haven’t lived until you’ve heard ...

This is an update to a column I wrote last February on the Olympia Ukulele Players Association, also known as OLUPA. The acronym has a Hawaiian word meaning of "rhythmic refreshment." Group leader Kim ...

Equally fearless and peerless when it comes to command of his instrument, Jake Shimabukuro is among the very few people in the world who can be described as a ukulele virtuoso. It has occurred to ...

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 ...

Ukulele master Jake Shimabukuro is redefining the traditional Hawaiian instrument. Guest host Jennifer Ludden talks to Shimabukuro about his new CD, Peace Love Ukulele. Jake Shimabukuro has redefined ...

It doesn’t sound as good as one made of Hawaiian Koa wood, but this ukulele made entirely out of Lego bricks works exactly like a regular one and it sounds quite nice. In the words of its creator, ...