Originally from Honolulu, Jake Shimabukuro takes a different approach to a traditional, Hawaiian instrument. Shimabukuro released a new album titled “The Greatest Day” on Aug. 31 and is on tour this ...

Ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro continues his East Coast tour with a stop at Leesburg’s Tally Ho Theater on Tuesday night.

Jake Shimabukuro and blues-rocker Jesse Colin Young ­recorded “Get Together” for the new album. “He comes to (music) in a very childlike way, and you hear him discovering it,” Young said of ...

It would be so easy to chalk all ukulele music up to a novelty act. After all, the ukulele has been sort of a second-class musical instrument outside of Hawaii. But Jake Shimabukuro, widely ...

Though many still have trouble pronouncing his last name and the instrument he plays, Jake Shimabukuro (she-ma-BOO-koo-row) is becoming recognized as one of the world's top ukulele (oo-koo-LAY-lay) ...

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 ...

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 ...

For many, the name Jake Shimabukuro is synonymous with the ukulele. The award-winning musician, who is known for showcasing the versatility of the small stringed instrument in genres that include funk ...

Musician Jake Shimabukuro is probably the most famous ukulele player in the world. His fingers dash like sprinters, his hands strum like torrential winds, and his music emanates from the instrument ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - It’s hard to imagine ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro getting the jitters in the recording studio. But laying down a track with country legend Willie Nelson can have that ...

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