Perhaps you have just recently come to realize that it is a pity your old ukulele is collecting dust in your attic so you decided to pick it up and start strumming its strings, which is probably what ...

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 ...

Chris Kamaka leans back in his chair, strumming an old tenor ukulele, an instrument that his family business, Kamaka Hawaii, has been building for 100 years. He’s been challenged to play a sad song on ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The International Ukulele Festival of Hawaii brought together music lovers statewide on Sunday, July 20, to unveil the newest inductee to the Ukulele Hall of Fame. Officials ...

He got his start with a ukulele cover of a pop hit. — -- Teenager Aidan James already knows what he wants to do for the rest of his life: be a singer/songwriter. The Hawaii native, 14, got a very ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Contrary to popular belief, the ukulele did not originate in Hawaii. You can actually trace the origins of the iconic string instrument to the Portuguese island archipelago ...

» Ma’iki Aiu Lake’s name was misspelled in an earlier version of this story. Walter Kawai’ae’a was 15 years old and had been playing the ukulele for only a few months when he heard his teacher, ...

Two hours of ukulele music can provide a warm escape from cold temperatures and the biting of a Chicago winter. Cheerful sounds created by ukulele enthusiasts who meet monthly in Chicago Heights can ...