Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Over the past two decades, Jake Shimabukuro has proved that there isn't a style of music that he can't play on his ukulele. Since ...

A native of Honolulu, Jake Shimabukuro picked up his state’s instrument, the ukulele, at the age of 4. An accomplished ukulele player herself, his mother taught him lessons before Shimabukuro went on ...

Shimabukuro discussed the cover of “A Whiter Shade of Pale” in a post on his social media pages. “Mick suggested recording ‘Whiter Shade of Pale’ for our upcoming blues album,” he noted. “The original ...

Kamaka Ukulele is marking 110 years in business with special events, a mayoral proclamation signing and limited-edition ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Local On 2 first heard his tracks, we thought we were grooving to a guitar. Our jaws dropped when we realized that Jake ...

Most recently Shimabukuro has been expanding his instrument’s applications on the album Trio, a Nashville-recorded album of, for lack of a better term, fusion compositions with Nolan Verner (bass, ...

Years ago, an interviewer asked ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro whether there was any song he couldn’t play. “If you can hum it, you can play it on the ukulele,“ Shimabukuro said. The interviewer ...

Headlining the free 17th annual Maui ‘Ukulele Festival on Oct. 27 at the MACC, Jake Shimabukuro is about to release his latest groundbreaking album, “Blues Experience,” which finds the ukulele ...

One strong thread that runs through much of Shimabukuro's work is that of collaboration. From the Trio album to Jake & Friends to Grateful and beyond, Shimabukuro thrives in the ability to feed off ...

West Palm Beach, Fla. (October 23, 2015) "Ukulele hero" (Rolling Stone) Jake Shimabukuro is set to transport audiences with his blindingly fast and complex string skills during two, special ...

“This is the underdog of all instruments,” said Hawaiian ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro as he opened his 2010 TED talk. “I’ve always believed that it’s the instrument of peace because if everyone ...

Jake Shimabukuro will return to Maui with musician Mac McAnally for a concert at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 8 in the Maui Arts & Cultural Center’s Castle Theater, the MACC announced Monday. Their concert, ...