Seasons greetings! Today on World Cafe, we're trading in your typical winter wonderland for Christmas on the beach with ...

World tours, documentaries, a TED Talk; through all the attention ukulele player Jake Shimabukuro is still just completely amazed at his life. “I’m still in shock. I never thought I’d be doing what ...

With four simple strings and his one-of-a-kind Kamaka tenor ukulele, Jake Shimabukuro will infuse Hawaiian soul into Bing Concert Hall on Thursday, April 24. Sample a slice of Shimabukuro’s vast ...

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 ...

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 ...

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) ...

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 ...

Ukulele player Jake Shimabukuro doesn’t limit himself with what he can present with his instrument. Part of his repertoire is holiday music, which he presents with a special show meant to inspire and ...