Don’t underestimate the ukulele. It may be small, but musician Jake Shimabukuro (@JakeShimabukuro) proves that you don’t need more than four strings to make great music happen. Shimabukuro is a ...

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Every time someone refers to Jake Shimabukuro as “the Jimi Hendrix of the ukulele,” he just shakes his head and says, “No, no, no.” But to listen to Shimabukuro talk about his passion for playing the ...

TOKYO — Jake Shimabukuro is perched on the verge of stardom. He still does the little clubs, but he can also fill arenas, pulling in thousands of raptured admirers. And he\'s a darling of the critics, ...

Jake Shimabukuro is well on his way to becoming the first ukulele rock star. The Hawaiian born performer has released 'Grand Ukulele,' an album produced by legendary rock producer Alan Parsons. It's a ...

PITTSBURGH (NewsRadio 1020 KDKA) - He's been called the Jimi Hendrix of the ukulele, and for good reason. What Jake Shimabukuro can do with the tiny four string instrument is absolutely amazing and ...

-- shee-ma-BOO-koo-roh: How you pronounce Jake Shimabukuro's last name. -- yoo-kuh-LAY-le: How you pronounce Jake Shimabukuro's instrument of choice, the ukulele. -- 4: How old Jake was when he ...

In Hawaii the ukulele is neither a novelty nor a punch line. It is what it is – the humble, four-string, two-octave bantamweight of the guitar family. Yet the diminutive instrument, whose name, in ...

Rock legend Jimi Hendrix was famous for playing with his teeth but his taste for music came from an unlikely source... a battered ukulele with just one string. The crumpled instrument was in a garage ...

Jake Shimabukuro, whom some refer to as “the Jimi Hendrix of the ukulele,” will perform Friday, Sept. 8, at the Irvine Barclay Theatre. Shimabukuro plays everything from “crunching, effects-laden rock ...