Seasons greetings! Today on World Cafe, we're trading in your typical winter wonderland for Christmas on the beach with ...

Just in time for his “Holidays In Hawaii” Tour show at the MACC on Saturday, ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro has released ...

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 ...

Ukelele star Jake Shimabukuro plays the House of Blues Saturday, June 15. (Merri Cyr) Jake Shimabukuro first became widely known when a YouTube video of the ukulele virtuoso strumming George ...

AUSTIN - Most performers at the South by Southwest Music Conference spend a significant amount of time loading their instruments and gear into a venue in order to play a 45-minute set. Jake ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Odds are you've never seen ukulele played like this! Though some still have ...

Shimabukuro’s holiday show hits Maui’s MACC Saturday — expect tracks from his new album and a few surprise collaborators.

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 ...

An aura of inherent boyishness infuses ukulele star Jake Shimabukuro. He has the gee-whiz adventurousness of an extreme skateboarder, game to go for the impossible, coupled with a disarming humility ...

In recent times, what with the economy tanking and the country depleted on a number of fronts, it hasn't always felt great to be an American. One can't help feeling proud, though, when Jake ...

Jake Shimabukuro and blues-rocker Jesse Colin Young ­recorded “Get Together” for the new album. “He comes to (music) in a very childlike way, and you hear him discovering it,” Young said of ...

Ukulele master Jake Shimabukuro is redefining the traditional Hawaiian instrument. Guest host Jennifer Ludden talks to Shimabukuro about his new CD, Peace Love Ukulele. Jake Shimabukuro has redefined ...