Jake Shimabukuro’s latest album includes Willie Nelson, Bette Midler, Warren Haynes and more. In the world of stringed instruments, the four-string ukulele has a small and kitschy niche that was ...

The multi-Hōkū winner Taimane recently released a memorable cover of Simon and Garfunkel’s “Scarborough Fair.” Courtesy photo Four-time Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award winner Taimane, will return to The ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro returned to his alma mater Ala Wai Elementary School Tuesday for the opening of a new music clubhouse named in his honor. The “Jake ...

Taimane is ready to perform shows in Kihei and Kapalua. Courtesy photo/Ryan Calinawan After performing a brilliant show at Mulligan’s on the Blue in October, ukulele virtuoso Taimane is heading back ...

Perhaps no single instrument is as closely associated with one place as the ukulele is with Hawaii. While it might seem like a caricature to so closely tie it to the Hawaiian people, Jake Shimabukuro ...

Ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro played Sunday night to a sold-out house at the Rio Theatre in Santa Cruz. Shimabukuro, a Santa Cruz favorite appeared with bassist Jackson Waldhoff, as well as with ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - After Taimane Gardner’s mother died in 2018, she had a calling to return to her roots. The ukulele virtuoso and composer packed up her bags and went on a solo trip to Samoa, ...

Jake Shimabukuro has taken the ukulele from its “Tiny Bubbles” tiki torch perch in pop culture to the symphony hall. Early in June, the Hawaiian virtuoso performed the world premiere of the first-ever ...

Jake Shimabukuro and blues-rocker Jesse Colin Young ­recorded “Get Together” for the new album. “He comes to (music) in a very childlike way, and you hear him discovering it,” Young said of ...