"Bohemian Rhapsody" is high on the list of songs least likely to be covered by a solo ukuleleist. Yet when Jake Shimabukuro delicately yet assertively plucks out the opening notes of the ...

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 ...

Ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro plays big music — “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen, Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep” — on a small instrument. He shows that the ukulele, in the right hands, has the dynamic ...

Ukulele master Jake Shimabukuro is redefining the traditional Hawaiian instrument. Guest host Jennifer Ludden talks to Shimabukuro about his new CD, Peace Love Ukulele. Jake Shimabukuro has redefined ...

Japanese American musician Jake Shimabukuro has been playing the ukulele since he was a child growing up in Hawaii, but became a YouTube sensation when his ukulele rendition of The Beatles' "While My ...

An aura of inherent boyishness infuses ukulele star Jake Shimabukuro. He has the gee-whiz adventurousness of an extreme skateboarder, game to go for the impossible, coupled with a disarming humility ...

With all the trendy bands that traipse through Tokyo, it’s rare to sit down with a certified instrumental virtuoso. But listening to Jake Shimabukuro whip off a rendition of “Bohemian Rhapsody” on his ...

What: Jake Shimabukuro, in concert. When: 8 p.m. Jan. 21. Where: Aladdin Theater, 3017 S.E. Milwaukie Ave., Portland. In interviews, Jake Shimabukuro has been called the Jimi Hendrix of the ukulele, ...

If the game you want to play is only available for Windows, here are three things you can try to get it running on your Mac. I happened upon the budget brand at a chintzy souvenir shop in Maine. I've ...

In Hawaii the ukulele is neither a novelty nor a punch line. It is what it is – the humble, four-string, two-octave bantamweight of the guitar family. Yet the diminutive instrument, whose name, in ...

"Bohemian Rhapsody" is high on the list of songs least likely to be covered by a solo ukuleleist. But Jake Shimabukuro is clearly out to show... Jake Shimabukuro: 'Bohemian Rhapsody' On The Ukulele ...