Tag Archives: ukelele

Ukulele & Native American Style Flute

January 24, 2019 · by · in Musical Instruments, Native American style flutes, Ukulele

I am reworking my website and reducing the number of pages dedicated to specific topics.  This blog post was previously a page on the site dedicated to Native American style flute and ukulele music.  I will no longer be creating this particular mode of music but want to leave it available for the many who […]

Jake Shimabukuro

February 16, 2018 · by · in Music, Musical Instruments, Ukulele · 2 Comments

Ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro put on a great show in Gainesville. I really enjoyed the performance! The concert was more than two hours of music. Some songs he performed with his electric and bass guitar players. Some songs he performed solo. He performed a wide range of songs, showing the versatility of the ukulele and […]

Gluing soundboard onto uke sides

Ukulele Performance with Jake Shimabukuro

February 6, 2018 · by · in Music, Musical Instruments, Ukulele · 6 Comments

Ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro is on tour, and I’m looking forward to hearing him perform in Gainesville on Feb. 9. I’ve been playing his CDs, picking up and playing my ukuleles (one at a time, of course), and looking forward to his upcoming concert. Jake Shimabukuro became one of the sensations of YouTube in 2006 […]

Southern Ontario Ukulele Players (SOUP) perform ‘I’ll Fly Away’

July 30, 2015 · by · in Music, Musical Instruments, Ukulele

Hearing the Southern Ontario Ukulele Players (SOUP) was an added bonus of attending the Home County Folk Festival. The SOUPers, as they are called, played several songs, including “I’ll Fly Away,” written by Albert E. Brumley in 1929 and considered to be one of the most recorded gospel hymns. You can listen to the SOUPers playing by clicking […]

Ukulele of the Best Kind: UOGB

April 19, 2015 · by · in Music, wood art

What a treat.  I attended the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain’s performance at the Phillips Performing Arts Center in town.  This is a great group of talented performers. I’ve been following their activities for several years — not all 30 (which is how many years they have been together) because I only re-discovered the ukulele about […]