NEW YORK – Ukulele sensation Jake Shimabukuro usually gets at least one backhanded compliment after one of his performances. The person who gives it is typically someone who’s been dragged to one of ...

Jake Shimabukuro grew up with the ukulele. The diminutive four-stringed acoustic instrument is part of his native Hawaiian culture, designated as one of the state’s official musical instruments. When ...

“This is the underdog of all instruments,” said Hawaiian ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro as he opened his 2010 TED talk. “I’ve always believed that it’s the instrument of peace because if everyone ...

I have loved the sound of the ukelele ever since I was child and first heard Paul McCartney singing his lilting, melancholy ditty “Ram On.” George Harrison, who once, I am told, played in a band with ...

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 ...

Riley Frasier’s mother could hardly keep her 7-year-old from popping out of his seat. Every time world-renowned ukulele player Jake Shimabukuro started plucking a symphonic range of sound few others ...

Once limited to Tiny Tim and golden age recordings of Hawaiian music, the ukulele has evolved into something quirky-cool. That’s thanks, in part, to up-and-coming performers like Jake Shimabukuro, a ...