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 computer. So Ritz bought an Apple laptop and 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 ...

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 ...

Sixteen-year-old Victoria Vox (Latin for voice) in the early 90s, making an album on a four-track recorder, never could have ...

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 ...

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 ...

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) ...

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 ...

Bill Tapia, a jazz guitarist who was in his 90s when he returned to the ukulele he had played as a young man and helped revive the iconic instrument of his native Hawaii, died Dec. 2 at his home in ...