Roy and Kathy Sakuma

Note: This episode was recorded before the main event of Ukulele Festival Hawaii held on July 18th, 2021.

Hey there again everyone! I had the incredible honor to hang out virtually with Roy and Kathy Sakuma before the Ukulele Festival Hawaii and talk about the festival and everything that goes into it.

Festival website https://www.ukulelefesthawaii.org

Ukulele Festival Hawaii on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/RoySakumaProductions

Craig and Sarah’s website http://craigandsarah.com

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Karlie G

Note: This episode was recorded before the main event of Ukulele Festival Hawaii held on July 18th, 2021.

Hello everyone! I had the great honor of sitting down and talking story with Karlie G before the Ukulele Festival Hawaii.

Karlie’s website https://karliegoya.com

Karlie G on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/Karli3G/featured

Festival website https://www.ukulelefesthawaii.org

Ukulele Festival Hawaii on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/RoySakumaProductions

Craig and Sarah’s website http://craigandsarah.com

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Joe and Kristen Souza

Note: This episode was recorded before the main event of Ukulele Festival Hawaii held on July 18th, 2021.

Aloha friends! Here's a wonderful conversation I had with Joe and Kristen Souza from Kanile'a Ukulele before the Ukulele Festival Hawaii. We talked about ukuleles, of course, but lots of other things, like trees and forest bathing.

Reforest Hawaii https://reforesthawaii.org

Kanilea Ukulele  https://www.kanileaukulele.com

Festival website https://www.ukulelefesthawaii.org

Ukulele Festival Hawaii on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/RoySakumaProductions

Craig and Sarah’s website http://craigandsarah.com

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Jodi and Honoka in Kaimuki

Wayyyyyy back in July 2019 I got to sit down with these two fantastic ukulele players at Jodi's school, Ukulele Hale.

We talked about the awesome things their doing with their students, as well as Jodi and Honoka's personal music paths.

Learn more about Ukulele Hale and

Team Hale.

Check out Honoka's music here.

Ukulele Hale on Instagram

Honoka on Instagram

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Mika Kane

Mika is an exceptional player from Maui.

UkeLogic strings

Those strings in action.

Mika and Corey play an incredible arrangement of One Summer's Day and talk about tons of other stuff

Find Mika's site and music here.

The Ukulele Magazine article with Mika.

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Chris Kamaka at Kamaka

Chris is currently the Production Manager at Kamaka Ukulele.

Kamaka Ukulele

Craig and Sarah's Mini Uke Fest

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Joe Souza

I sat down with Joe at one of the busiest events of the year, Ukulele Festival Hawaii. This was from July, 2019.

He's a great player and teacher, but he also makes a great ukulele. We talked about all sorts of things from the beginning of Kanile'a to the different ways ukuleles react to different strings.

Kanile'a Ukulele

The Mini Ukulele Festival on April 11

Me on Twitter

Me on Facebook

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Cynthia Kinnunen

It was great to finally sit down and chat with Cynthia. She does a lot in the ukulele world.

Cynthia's website

The Mini Ukulele Festival on April 11

In case you are new here, JHUI

Some of the music Cynthia mentioned

Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain

James Hill and Anne Janelle

Vampire Weekend

Sufjan Stevens

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COVID 19 and the ukulele world

In this episode I talk with some people in the ukulele world about the impact COVID 19 has had on them.

I hope everyone's staying safe and healthy.

Here are some relevant links.

http://ukulelesoiree.com

https://gaithersburgukefest.com

https://www.kevincarroll.net

https://www.mimsukes.com/pages/onlinelessons

https://www.thetinman.co

Here's the Mini Uke Fest that Craig and Sarah are putting together.

It's gonna be awesome!

http://www.cheemaisel.com/minifest

Let's do what we can to support our friends in need. Mim's page is a great place to start, but don't forget those closest to you.

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Dr. Byron Yasui

In July of 2019, I sat down with an uke master to talk about all the things he's been building in the ukulele world. We talk about repertoire and the future of the ukulele.

Here's the article I mention in the episode.

Here is another written by Dr. Yasui about chords, transitions, and notation.

You can reach him at [email protected]

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Kimo Hussey

I finally got to meet this ukulele hero of mine. Kimo is a mighty fine player and teacher. We sat down in Manoa in July and talked story about moveable chord shapes, expensive ukes, baritones vs tenors, and plenty more.

A few builders mentioned

Lichty

Devine

Here are some videos of Kimo playing and teaching.

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