Lyle Ritz, in the studio with Ray Charles. Lyle Ritz has logged over 5,000 sessions on the bass as a studio musician. But for his latest project, he wanted to figure out a way to make music on a ...

"Aloha, everyone!" is Cynthia Lin's cheerful greeting to start her ukulele instructional videos which have compiled millions of views on YouTube. It is like a dear friend's individual welcoming. Her ...

Lyle Ritz, the revered bassist for “The Wrecking Crew” and pioneering jazz ukulele player, who made a huge impact on musicians in Hawaii, has died at 87. He died peacefully after a long illness under ...

When Hanna Cesario picks up a ukulele, musical magic flows out of her fingertips. She’s a little bit jazz, a little bit blues and a little bit tropical — but she’s simply a girl who grew up loving ...

Viewing music through a wide-angle lens, Paul Hemmings utilizes the unassuming ukulele to fuse together elements of modern jazz, free improvisation, and American roots music into a signature sound ...

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 ...

Fans have four chances to see ukulele sensation Jake Shimabukuro at the Rochester jazz fest. Shimabukuro wowed audiences at the 2008 jazz festival. Shimabukuro is best known for his take on While My ...

With its small size and four strings, the ukulele is sometimes seen as the lesser and lightweight member of the guitar family. Nothing could be further from the truth, argues professional Hawaiian ...

Strum a ukulele, and almost everyone thinks immediately of Hawaii. But the world is starting to hear a very different sound from the traditional island instrument. For decades, Roy Sakuma has been one ...