FAIRBANKS — In the years since a viral YouTube clip sent ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro’s career into overdrive, he’s traveled around the world, working with orchestras and musicians from a melting ...

There is no “you” in ukulele. Hear the instrument properly pronounced oo-koo-LAY-lay played by a master next week at the Orpheum Theater. Jake Shimabukuro (she-ma-BOO-koo-row), an ukulele virtuoso, ...

Though many still have trouble pronouncing his last name and the instrument he plays, Jake Shimabukuro (she-ma-BOO- koo-row) is unquestionably regarded as one of the world’s top ukulele ...

DENVER (CBS4) - Some senior citizens in Denver are showing off a creative way to keep their minds sharp. They've been working hard to master songs on the ukulele. About 15 people take part in the ...

Think the ukulele is just a cheap, plastic toy to be played under a palm tree? One listen to Jake Shimabukuro and you'll change your mind. The Hawaiian-born ukulele virtuoso strums and plucks a ...

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 ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Maui ukulele artist Derick Sebastian plays the Star-Spangled Banner in America’s largest sports venues. The song is short, but the pressure to play it perfectly fills every ...

In the world of stringed instruments, the four-string ukulele has a small and kitschy niche that was associated with the likes of the late Tiny Tim and vaudeville. More recently, it’s gotten a ...

Ukulele master Jake Shimabukuro was four-years-old when he began to play the four-stringed instrument in Honolulu, Hawaii. Now, at age 40, Shimabukuro recalled during a phone interview the day his mom ...

“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 ...