Luthier Pete Mai has announced that he'll be shuttering Bonanza Ukuleles . Some stock remains for sale, but no new orders are being take...

Jumpin' Jim Beloff is offering 100 numbered and signed copies of the next in the Daily Ukulele songbook series: Another Year . The Dail...

Kid ukulele YouTube prodigy Feng E recently appeared at the Los Angeles International Ukulele Festival. Now 17, here's a brief interview...

Detroit-area luthier Gary Zimnicki is well known for his guitars, but he builds sweet 'ukuleles, too. (I'm the proud steward of a Zi...

This Friday, August 23rd, 2024, marks the 145th anniversary of the 'ukulele's "arrival" in Hawai'i in 1879 aboard the ...

We learned of Sonja Christopher's passing several weeks ago, and it's now been announced in the press. For many, she will be remembe...

The ukuleles made by Martin for the Oliver Ditson Co. Music Store in Boston are among the most collectible ukes out there. Here is a site wi...

Multi-instrumentalist and, like yours truly, a former Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus clown, Scott Linker has a new ukulele...

We had the privilege of meeting Sonja a few times. Friends and strangers sent her ukuleles after she appeared on Survivor and she ended up w...

Kathryn Walls plans to run the London Marathon this month while playing the ukulele. It's a loving gesture in memory of her sister, Eith...

A few years ago, musician Kyle Gray Young received a grant from the Central Minnesota Arts Board to transcribe Finnish folk tunes for guit...

Just announced by our friends at Magic Fluke , a new baritone scale Fluke ukulele. All the cool kids seem to be playing baris now. Now Fluk...

If this doesn't give you chicken skin, you are not human. Here is Chase Shimabukuro, the 11-year old son of Jake Shimabukuro, playing  T...

Friend o' the Blog Rachel Manke recently scored a sweet, nearly mint condition Smeck Harmony uke. But the most remarkable part of her f...

Over the years I've seen several versions of a quote attributed to Will Rogers to the effect that no one could tell if you were playing ...