Roy Sakuma has been inducted into the Ukulele Hall of Fame. The first person to be inducted since Sam and Fred Kamaka in 2012. In celebration, the Governor of Hawaii declared 27th July Roy Sakuma Day.
Two members of Ukrainian band Alcohol Ukulele have been killed during Russia’s invasion: Anton Derbilov and Dimon Yegorenkov. The remaining members of the band played at the newly renamed Anton Derbilov Street in Kharkiv.
On Video
– Dua Lipa did not care for a ukulele cover of her song.
– Dave Grohl inspired ukulele from Circuits and Strings.
– Inside Out 2 originally started with Riley playing the ukulele.
– Skateboarder Bryce Wettstein explains why she took a ukulele to the Olympics
– Trying to build a ukulele from scratch in 24 hours.
New Releases
– Jake Shimabukuro has been busy. He has an album of collaborations with Mick Fleetwood on the way: Blues Experience. And he appeared on the Mana Music String Quartet’s album Journey Through Hawai’i. You can watch him perform with them here.
– Uke Hunt pal, Phredd has a new kids album out Phredd – Live at the Library. Which you can hear on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube or anywhere you usually get your music.
– Parlour Music have released an EP from the vaults: Lost & Found: the UofM studio session.
Thanks to Patreons
A massive thanks again to the massive generosity of Uke Hunt’s Patreon backers for keeping the site up and running this month. And double thanks go to these legendary patrons of the arts:
And extra thanks to August’s Tenor level backers:
– Arthur Foley
– BigHempin
– Colleen Petticrew
– Dennis Boutsikaris
– Elizabeth Beardsley
– Ely Fletcher
– Ivo
– Jeff K
– Jon Kenniston
– Kelby Green
– Leia-lee Doran
– Mary
– Moses Kamai
– Noah
– Pat Weikle
– Pauline LeBlanc
– Robert
– WIlliam Soriano, D.C.
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