When faced with what to build from the trimmings of the walnut tree in her yard, [Amy Qian] decided to build a headless travel ukulele. [via MAKE:] Headless instruments relocate the tuners to the body ...

Sam Kamaka is showing me the original pineapple ukulele. It's oval, not the usual nipped-in-at-the-waist model. His father, Samuel K. Kamaka, designed this one around 1916, he tells me, and when it ...

The ukulele, the small, four-stringed instrument traditionally associated with Hawaii, will be the star of two musical festivals in Honolulu this summer. Ingram, who died on Jan. 29 in Los Angeles, ...

Most historians will tell you the Hawaiian word ukulele, which can be translated as a bouncing or jumping flea, was first used to describe the nimble fingers of Portuguese musicians in the late 19th ...

Over the past year, the weekly Rocky River Senior Center Ukulele Club has emerged with roughly 30 members, whom Wooley describes as being serious performers. This interest has led to various gigs.

The notion of an unsolicited music lesson while seated on a six-hour flight was too much for many naysayers, who criticized the cheerful promotion — a crossover between the airline and Guitar Center, ...

Four Seasons Resorts Lana’i, in partnership with the Lana’i community, HawaiiONTV.com and Jazz Alley TV, is pleased to announce the first annual Lana’i Ukulele Festival July 29-30, 2011. The alluring ...

Ears up, music fans! The Four Seasons Resorts Lanai has announced the second annual Lanai Ukulele Festival, which will run from April 13-15. Throughout the three-day free event, guests can listen to ...