Ukulele Musicians
This page lists any and all musicians that play the ukulele that I can find.
Solo Acts- Jake Shimabukuro, one of the acknowledged current master ukulele players. You may have seen his version of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", which is available for viewing at Midnight Ukulele Disco.
- Herb Ohta, Jr., son of the legendary Hawaiian musician Herb "Ohta-San" Ohta.
- Brittni Kahealani Paiva, up-and-coming uke and slack-key guitar player.
- Bill Tapia, 97 years old and still playing the uke.
- James Hill, Canadian uke superstar.
- Roy Sakuma, the premiere ukulele instructor in Hawai'i.
- Carmaig de Forest, ukulele performance artist and storyteller.
- Li'l Rev, uke player and hat wearer.
- Jim Beloff/Flea Market Music, one of the main instigators and propoents of the current wave of interest in the ukulele.
- And yes, of course, God bless Tiny Tim.
- The Key Strummers, the Indianapolis group of uke players that hosts the annual Midwest Ukefest.
- Sonic Uke, sitting out on a front stoop somewhere in NYC.
- Pineapple Princess, because you can't spell "punk rockers" without "uke".
- Petty Booka, ukulele duo extraordinaire from Japan.
- Janet Klein and her Parlor Boys. Even if you don't listen to the music, you should check out the band's exquisite promotional posters.
- The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain. "Teenage Kicks" on the uke!
- Shorty Long, featuring "Pops" Bayless on uke and Mysterious John on vocals. Author of the amazing song "Flaming Ukulele in the Sky".
- King Kukulele and the Friki Tikis, about whom I would like to type more but cannot at this time.
- Uke Fink, sometimes electric, sometimes not.
- The Windy City Islanders, another uke group from the Chicago area. They also host the Windy City Ukulele Club.
- The Langley Ukulele Ensemble, a huge Canadian uke group. Lots of the members play the amazing-looking triangular ukulele designed by Canadian educator J. Chalmers Doane, whose efforts at popularizing the uke in Canadian schoolrooms introduced many kids to the world of music-making.
- Ukulelia, the #1 uke blog ever.
- Tiki Talk, concerned more with exotica culture than straight ukulele, but there it is nonetheless.
- Uke Club. This is exactly what I want Fleajumper to be like, except without those Google ads in between each post.
- King David Ukulele Station. Like Ukulelia but in French.
- Ukulele Tonya, from Paradise, CA.