For retiree Rosie Micallef, the musicians who sit alongside her while she strums the ukulele have become the family she doesn't have nearby. "I don't have relatives in Queensland, so they're my family ...

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 ...

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 ...

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It's music class at Flinders Park Primary School in Albany, Western Australia, and the students are gathering their instruments. Around 200,000 ukuleles are imported each year, overtaking guitars by ...

The ukulele has two obvious selling points: It is affordable and easy to carry. However, could the unassuming four-string instrument also incarnate the spirit of punk rock? Since forming three decades ...

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 ...

For some, a musical instrument is an impressive and creative gift, and the hit Christmas product in music shops for the third year in a row is the unassuming ukulele. Guitarist Jocke Kulju is an ...

JS: The ukulele was the instrument I loved playing the most growing up. When I was in intermediate and high school, because I loved music so much, I wanted to join the school band. Unfortunately, you ...

Sometimes small things can bring the greatest joy. This is very true, especially in the case of the ukulele, the four-stringed instrument known for its melodic tones. It is said that the Hawaiian word ...