Musician Jake Shimabukuro is probably the most famous ukulele player in the world. His fingers dash like sprinters, his hands strum like torrential winds, and his music emanates from the instrument ...

For his new holiday album, Tis the Season, Shimabukuro teamed up with old friends, including an archival performance with the late Jimmy Buffett . There's also a performance with Michael McDonald, but ...

Though many still have trouble pronouncing his last name and the instrument he plays, Jake Shimabukuro (she-ma-BOO-koo-row) is becoming recognized as one of the world's top ukulele (oo-koo-LAY-lay) ...

This is . Opening up sounds and harmonies and taking an unexpected direction, that is a key element to the complex music made by you go your true so Jake. He is taking a simple instrument in new and ...

Equally fearless and peerless when it comes to command of his instrument, Jake Shimabukuro is among the very few people in the world who can be described as a ukulele virtuoso. It has occurred to ...

If you have a hard time believing that a ukulele player can be a rock star, then you’ve never heard of Jake Shimabukuro. He was one of the original YouTube sensations. A video of him performing “While ...

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 ...

Jake Shimabukuro first made his name on YouTube. Watch one of the videos that helped make him famous among ukelele fans. Once known as a kitschy toy, the ukulele is now a hit with even the hippest ...

Years ago, an interviewer asked ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro whether there was any song he couldn’t play. “If you can hum it, you can play it on the ukulele,“ Shimabukuro said. The interviewer ...

Family and friendship is important to Jake Shimabukuro. On Monday, Dec. 13, in Breckenridge, the Hawaii-born ukulele artist will perform songs written by his idols with a group of his friends on stage ...