FORT WORTH, Texas — Plinka, plinka, plinka. This is the sound of me, after a decadelong unconsummated crush on a ukulele, finally playing a C chord. In tune. A grin begins to crawl across my face, ...

According to Ukulele magazine, George wouldn’t have fallen in love with the ukulele without George Formby, who popularized the instrument in England in the 1920s. At one point, Formby was the ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The ukulele has a distinct sound, but have you ever thought about how it would sound if it were to come from the late 1800s or early 1900s? Shawn Yacavone is owner of ...

Ukulele master Herb Ohta has been around long enough to witness his instrument cycle through numerous booms and busts. Known internationally as Ohta-San, the Hawaiian-born virtuoso has carried the uke ...

Taavi Taylor plays with his ukulele during a ukulele boot camp held on Saturday at the city hall in American Fork. Ryan Taylor, director of the American Fork Children’s Choir, started ukulele classes ...

So dinky in size, so twinkly in tone, it seems to come with it’s own “kick me” sign affixed to its back. The instrument’s well-established role as the Rodney Dangerfield of the string family has only ...

Equally fearless and peerless when it comes to command of his instrument, Jake Shimabukuro is among the very few people in the world who can be described as a ukulele virtuoso. It has occurred to ...

If you still think of Don Ho and “Tiny Bubbles” when you hear the word “ukulele,” you are hopelessly behind the times. The Hawaiian string instrument has become a hot commodity in the music world, ...