When musician Greg Hawkes’ wife, Elaine, gave him a ukulele for Valentine’s Day eight years ago, it was the beginning of something that might be called destiny. Hawkes is now a virtuoso on the ...

What is it? A tiny, four-stringed guitar that can look comical or cute when strummed, first popularised in early 20th-century Hawaiian music. Who uses it? Although there are still some leading ...

How a little Hawaiian instrument is infiltrating pop culture, reshaping the digital landscape -- and changing the world, one smile at a time It looks like a guitar that someone accidentally washed at ...

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When it comes to new musical hobbies, they don’t often come cheap. For many who want to pursue an instrument, the thought of dropping hundreds to thousands for something like a violin, drum kit or ...

When the word “hipster” was recently used in a concert review to describe James Hill and his ukulele performance, he needed to look up the definition. Twenty-five years ago, when the Juno Award ...

Mary Hill started a ukulele club in Fayetteville after her husband encouraged her to try the instrument. The club has grown to more than 30 members and performs at community events around Fayetteville ...