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 ...

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 ...

Learning to play a ukulele soon? Then explore the best ukuleles for beginners on Amazon India that are easy to play, have ...

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 ...

John Gleeson plays guitar, banjo, clarinet, drums and bass. But his arthritis makes it difficult to handle some of those instruments. The ukulele, though, is a perfect fit. “It’s smaller in size so ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Joe Souza and his wife, Kristen, own Kanile’a Ukulele. The family’s relatives were some of the first Portuguese to immigrate to Hawaii 140 years ago. “What they brought with ...

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 ...

Learning any instrument for the first time is going to take time and dedication. There are so many benefits to learning an instrument. Once you get the hang of it, playing music can help relieve ...

Over the past year, the weekly Rocky River Senior Center Ukulele Club has emerged with roughly 30 members, whom Wooley describes as being serious performers. This interest has led to various gigs.