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Ukulele master Jake Shimabukuro is redefining the traditional Hawaiian instrument. Guest host Jennifer Ludden talks to Shimabukuro about his new CD, Peace Love Ukulele. Jake Shimabukuro has redefined ...
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) ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Local On 2 first heard his tracks, we thought we were grooving to a guitar. Our jaws dropped when we realized that Jake ...
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 ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Over the past two decades, Jake Shimabukuro has proved that there isn't a style of music that he can't play on his ukulele. Since ...
Fleetwood Mac drummer Mick Fleetwood and ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro have debuted a second advance single from their upcoming collaborative album, Blues Experience, which will be released on ...
Jake Shimabukuro started playing ukulele at the age of 4 and soon fell in love with the instrument. As he tells Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson, "My parents would have to take the ukulele away from me so ...
Uke can do it, put your back in to it. Jake Shimabukuro is something of a marvel. He doesn’t play a traditional instrument (he plays the ukulele), and he doesn’t sing (all his songs are instrumental).
Everyone from John Legend to men and women in uniform have covered Adele's "Rolling in the Deep," but that didn't stop Jake Shimabukuro from picking up his ukulele and giving the Grammy-winning song a ...
"Bohemian Rhapsody" is high on the list of songs least likely to be covered by a solo ukuleleist. Yet when Jake Shimabukuro delicately yet assertively plucks out the opening notes of the ...
In recent times, what with the economy tanking and the country depleted on a number of fronts, it hasn't always felt great to be an American. One can't help feeling proud, though, when Jake ...