STAR-ADVERTISER / 1996 The late Israel Kamakawiwo‘ole was among performers who played ukulele from C.F. Martin &?Co. Walsh and King include production records, sales figures and correspondence: Kaai ...
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Contrary to popular belief, the ukulele did not originate in Hawaii. You can actually trace the origins of the iconic string instrument to the Portuguese island archipelago ...
Jim Beloff, 66, recounts his experiences in a new book, “UKEtopia!: Adventures in the Ukulele World,” an extensively illustrated history of the modern ukulele. In 1997, the same year the company went ...
So dinky in size, so twinkly in tone, it seems to come with it’s own “kick me” sign affixed to its back. The instrument’s well-established role as the Rodney Dangerfield of the string family has only ...
How a little Hawaiian instrument is infiltrating pop culture, reshaping the digital landscape -- and changing the world, one smile at a time It looks like a guitar that someone accidentally washed at ...
All Jim Beloff’s activities revolve around one tiny, understated four-string instrument: the ukulele. The singer/songwriter, musicologist and music teacher, who lives in Clinton, has been a major ...
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Shawn Yacavone grew up surrounded by the ukulele. At home and at school, in parks and in friends’ houses — it was everywhere. “There’s always some music going on in the ...
In 2014, Larry Bartram, a software company founder and archaeologist, was at C.F. Martin & Co. in Nazareth to have a guitar repaired. While waiting, he strolled into the factory museum. Tucked among ...
To stand in the Clinton home of Jim and Liz Beloff is to find yourself in an unofficial Ukulele Information Center. The husband-and-wife team, both in their 50s, have carved out a rather singular ...
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