Early in their marriage, Joe and Kristen Souza lived in Kaneoahe on the Hawaiian island of O'ahu, in a small 500-square-foot love shack. Kristen stayed home to watch their newborn son in those days, ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Thanks to the Internet, the humble ukulele is pushing its recent popularity well beyond anything that old-time performers Don Ho, Arthur Godfrey or even Tiny Tim could imagine. From ...

This is a special new year for Oahu’s Kamaka family, as they celebrate a century of making ukuleles, the string instrument so closely linked to Hawaii. Sam Kamaka founded the company in his Honolulu ...

HONOLULU, Hawaii - A decade ago, just about the only thing Alvin Okami and his sons Alan and Paul knew about the ukulele was that it has four strings. Today, overseeing the production of more than 200 ...

What's That Building? The Factory Where Ukuleles And Lincoln Logs Were Made Built in 1904, the red brick factory building at 1750 N. Lawndale Avenue is where Lincoln Logs were made from the 1940s ...

'Wood' you believe that you could make a ukulele out of old furniture? Hexham-based non-profit enterprise Core Music do just that, fashioning fully functional musical instruments - dubbed Ucoreleles - ...

Strumming a ukulele borrowed from a display wall, Ford learned several basic soprano and tenor ukulele chords. And she learned how to “chuck” — a kind of slapping sound made by laying your palm on the ...