The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. The merry sound of a dozen ukuleles being strummed to the likes of the Beatles ...

BELOW will present 'ALL UKE NEED IS LOVE' at the UKC Broadway Brunch on February 8, 2026. This special event, hosted by ...

Over 400 kupuna from around the island gathered in Hilo on Tuesday to share their ukulele skills with 10 performances from Hawaii County senior center classes. Classes that performed included Calvin ...

After falling in love with the ukulele, veteran producer Roger Greenawalt decided to load every Beatles song onto his hard drive so he could learn to play them on his new favorite instrument. “It was ...

The Portuguese invented it, the Hawaiians adopted it and now fans of all stripes are strumming the ukulele , Billionaire Warren Buffett plays the ukulele. And so can you. When you think of the ukulele ...

Grab a beer, some sheet music and gather ’round for a big evening dedicated to a tiny instrument. Welcome to Uke Night at Freddy’s Bar in South Slope, a monthly jam session that’s strictly dedicated ...

There's a whole lot of plinking goin' on out there. These days, the ukulele is even more popular than it was in its previous heyday in the 1950s. Everyone from Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder to your next ...

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 ...

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 ...

Before there was Phillip Phillips, the American Idol winner, there was Phil Phillips, the black pop singer who wrote one of 1959’s most enduring love songs. Sister act Lily And Madeleine share a ...