During the early days of COVID, Melanie Lawson Kareem found the Topanga Canyon Library closed. She was scheduled to teach the ...

One unusual instrument is uniting students to the tune of a whimsical island sound. The ASU Ukulele Club combines musical practice, inclusiveness and community service to create an environment for all ...

Dr. Carolyn Phillips has developed a therapeutic program for patients that integrates music — specifically, the ukulele — to help with movement and memory.

Jason Arimoto grew up in Hawaii where the ukulele is an inseparable part of the island culture. “Instead of learning the recorder or the flute, everybody learns how to play the ukulele” Jason ...

Tom Petty was on the receiving end of many a late-night ukulele jam session with George Harrison. He reserved those sessions for his closest friends. He fell in love with the instrument’s sound and ...

Although Billie Eilish is young, she’s been a professional musician for a while now. In her early, early years, her instrument of choice was the ukulele, and now she has partnered with Fender for her ...

Two Mondays ago, an episode of How I Met Your Mother ended with the mother breaking off an engagement and somberly strumming a ukulele while crooning “La Vie en Rose.” Arrestingly performed live by ...

Thomas Ruggles has no plans to end his ritual of spreading cheer. — -- An 89-year-old Massachusetts man is continuing his own Christmas tradition of spreading holiday cheer by playing his ukulele ...

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 ...

As students in Newington headed back to class, they heard the familiar sound of a ukulele. Charles Robison is a former teacher who plays the ukulele. He comes back year after year. “I brought it the ...

The sound of Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline,” originating from 30 strumming ukuleles and singing voices, carried into the main halls of the Mountain View Public Library in the early evening Aug. 26, ...

George Harrison had many friends, but only those closest to him heard his ukulele playing, including actor Michael Caine. George once showed up at Caine’s home and played ukulele late into the night.