Lyle Ritz, the revered bassist for “The Wrecking Crew” and pioneering jazz ukulele player, who made a huge impact on musicians in Hawaii, has died at 87. He died peacefully after a long illness under ...

"Aloha, everyone!" is Cynthia Lin's cheerful greeting to start her ukulele instructional videos which have compiled millions of views on YouTube. It is like a dear friend's individual welcoming. Her ...

Lyle Ritz has logged over 5,000 sessions on the bass as a studio musician. But for his latest project, he wanted to figure out a way to make music on a computer. So Ritz bought an Apple laptop and a ...

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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Fans have four chances to see ukulele sensation Jake Shimabukuro at the Rochester jazz fest. Shimabukuro wowed audiences at the 2008 jazz festival. Shimabukuro is best known for his take on While My ...

Check out our conversation with jazz and blues vocalist Lydia Harrell, who's performing in a free, virtual show at Piano by Nature Saturday evening at 7 p.m. Harrell says she'll accompany pianist Mark ...