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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Originally from Honolulu, Jake Shimabukuro takes a different approach to a traditional, Hawaiian instrument. Shimabukuro released a new album titled “The Greatest Day” on Aug. 31 and is on tour this ...

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 ...

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Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The album was recorded at Music City's famed Ronnie's Place studio with producer R ...

How do you say ukulele in Hawaiian? Jake Shimabukuro. Advertisement Article continues below this ad If you go Jake Shimabukuro When: 8 p.m. Saturday Where: Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, 30 Second St., ...

Jake Shimabukuro is a soft-spoken, particularly polite 31-year-old Hawaiian who turns into Eddie Van Halen when he's holding a ukulele. There isn't a "Ukulele Hero'' video game. Any game that could ...

There are four things Jake Shimabukuro loves: strumming his ukulele, connecting with people, his home of Hawaii and the holidays. Now, he’s combining them for a festive show, “Christmas in Hawaii,” ...