HONOLULU (KHON2) — The Ukulele Festival Hawaii will be having a free ukulele workshop to join from anywhere around the world. Roy Sakuma will be hosting and teaching his song “Ukulele Concerto.” Other ...

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's ukulele roots run deep. After all, Shimabukuro, 39, has been playing the little stringed instrument for well over three decades. As a child, he was exposed to the ukulele at home as ...

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Jake Shimabukuro’s instrument is the ukulele, a version of the small lute first introduced to Hawaii by Portuguese immigrants in the 19th century, and which has become an iconic instrument of these ...