Jake Shimabukuro News

 
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
Jake Shimabukuro to play Napa, Santa Cruz, SF documentary premiere
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
Continuing to preach “Peace Love Ukulele” to adoring audiences around the globe, Jake Shimabukuro returns to the Bay Area this weekend for shows at Napa Valley Opera House Friday night (Feb. 10) and the Rio Theatre in Santa Cruz on Saturday (Feb. 11).


 
Jake Shimabukuro to play Newberry
Spartanburg Herald Journal
Jake Shimabukuro's new album “Peace Love Ukulele” opens with a love song. The rest of the album is framed with a studio and a live version of “Bohemian Rhapsody.” Queen's iconic operatic rock song would be hard enough on guitar, but Shimabukuro pulls ...

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TheNewsTribune.com
Ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro will weave his magic at the Rialto tonight
TheNewsTribune.com
If you can get them by playing it on a ukulele, you must be Jake Shimabukuro. Ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro rocks the Rialto Theater tonight. If you can get nearly 10 million YouTube hits by playing a George Harrison song, then you must be good.
Redefining the ukuleleThe Columbian

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AsianWeek
World Premiere of The Jake Shimabukuro Documentary and Live Performance ...
AsianWeek
By renowned director Tadashi Nakamura (acclaimed trilogy Yellow Brotherhood, Pilgrimmage and A Song For Ourselves), the film is the first-ever documentary about the young Hawai'ian native and ukulele virtuoso: Jake Shimabukuro. Those familiar with Jake ...


 
Ventura County Reporter
Polyphonic spree
Ventura County Reporter
But while Kamakawiwo'ole may have planted the seed, the man that many credit with the current craze is instrumentalist Jake Shimabukuro, whose 2004 version of George Harrison's “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” proved that the ukulele could be used for ...

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Jake Shimabukuro redefines an instrument
Local 10
Hawaii-born Jake Shimabukuro was chosen to be our first musical "Next Lister" -- not only for his virtuosity on the four-stringed instrument but also for fundamentally altering how the instrument is perceived by millions of people.


 
Datebook: Feb. 10-16
TheReporter.com
JAKE SHIMABUKURO -- Jake Shimabukuro, 8 tonight, Napa Valley Opera House, 1030 Main St., Napa: tickets: $30-$35. Visit www.nvoh.org. TUCK & PATTI -- Tuck & Patti, 8 Saturday, Napa Valley Opera House, 1030 Main St., Napa: tickets: $25-$30.