Mahr experimented with giving lessons in January and was overwhelmed when 18 players (ages 7 to 81 years old) showed up. Eight people already are signed up for beginner classes starting Wednesday. She ...

A while back I wrote a column on how the ukulele had made inroads in music far beyond the perceived novelty image of its history — the intimate four-stringed instrument was being used with surprising ...

Learning any instrument for the first time is going to take time and dedication. There are so many benefits to learning an instrument. Once you get the hang of it, playing music can help relieve ...

Perhaps no single instrument is as closely associated with one place as the ukulele is with Hawaii. While it might seem like a caricature to so closely tie it to the Hawaiian people, Jake Shimabukuro ...

The eighth annual Aurora Ukulele Festival in the city over the weekend was a perfect fit for Charlotte Behrens of Mount Carroll, who took up the instrument because she needed something to stimulate ...