SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Hours before playing a sold out concert, an acclaimed group of musicians took time to play with the Santa Barbara Ukulele Club at the harbor. It was a special treat for the ...

So many of us think we’re too busy, too clumsy, or too damn old to learn music; and even if we play, we’re often too self-conscious to let loose in public. On December 15, the Ukulele Orchestra of ...

The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain isn’t an orchestra at all. It’s a great rock ‘n’ roll cover band that sets itself apart from all the rest by using ukuleles and only ukuleles to bring their ...

Created in 1985 by Kitty Lux and George Hinchliffe, The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain is a group of all-singing, all-strumming Ukulele players, using instruments bought with loose change, which ...

The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain doesn’t have a flashy name or even a flashy look. But don’t let that fool you. While the ensemble takes its collective picking skills quite seriously and its ...

UCSB Arts & Lectures presents the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 1 at UCSB Campbell Hall. Four decades (and 400 million plucks) since its founding, the Ukulele Orchestra of ...

If you’ve never heard Tom Petty or the theme from the movie “Shaft” played on the ukulele, you’ll get your chance this week. The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain was started in the 1980s in part ...

The ukulele, an instrument once ridiculed for its ties to vaudeville acts and Hawaiian vacations, has gone in and out of favor over its roughly 140-year history. Its recent popularity can be traced ...

Don’t let them fool you. It ain’t as easy as it looks. But it’s definitely as fun. The ukulele is often billed as a good beginner’s instrument, easy to pick up and pluck, less intimidating than a ...

When George Hinchliffe first heard a recording of Felix Mendelssohn and his Hawaiian Serenaders, one of Britain's most popular bands in the 1930s and '40s, he was drawn more to the sharkskin drums ...

Lighthearted, musically intelligent and funny Ukulele Orchestra. Who is to blame for the worldwide phenomena of ukulele orchestras and ukulelemania? The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain! Tap your ...