Perhaps you have just recently come to realize that it is a pity your old ukulele is collecting dust in your attic so you decided to pick it up and start strumming its strings, which is probably what ...

Its frisky four strings are the sound of Elvis’s ‘Blue Hawaii,’ of Tiny Tim tiptoeing through the tulips and lately, beyond all reason, of a popular ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ cover. Above all, the humble ...

Are you looking for Hawaii songs for a party, or just want something fun to listen to while you plan your Hawaii vacation?

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. We associate ukuleles with Hawaii, where they first ...

One thing you might want to learn before you attend the world’s largest ukulele lesson is how to say ukulele. The first is flat and hard, the other undulant and soft, like the difference between ...

» Ma’iki Aiu Lake’s name was misspelled in an earlier version of this story. Walter Kawai’ae’a was 15 years old and had been playing the ukulele for only a few months when he heard his teacher, ...

Lyle Ritz, the revered bassist for “The Wrecking Crew” and pioneering jazz ukulele player, who made a huge impact on musicians in Hawaii, has died at 87. He died peacefully after a long illness under ...

Four or five times a year, Mike Upton closes the door in Petaluma, Calif., and flies to China to check an operation that’s making several hundred-thousand Hawaii-inspired ukuleles a year. Originally ...