According to Ukulele magazine, George wouldn’t have fallen in love with the ukulele without George Formby, who popularized the instrument in England in the 1920s. At one point, Formby was the ...

CONCORD — Call it ragtime, Dixieland jazz or riverboat music, members of the East Bay Banjo Club call it “happy” music and have been playing it for 50 years. Every Tuesday night, banjo amateurs and ...

LOWELL — Folding chairs clogged the halls of Lowell High School Saturday. The sound of string instruments bounced off blue lockers. Toes tapped. Knees bounced. Heads bobbed. Players of all ages and ...

In Martin Scorsese’s George Harrison: Living in the Material World, George’s wife Olivia said that he had a “curious mind, and when he got into something he wanted to know everything.” The “quiet ...

Morris worked on an instrument recently in his workshop. He says they use premium and exotic woods in their banjo ukes. The instruments feature inlaid roses. Phil Morris, 55, remembers developing a ...

World War II Veteran John Halpin started playing the banjo when he was a young boy. He was inspired to learn how to play the instrument after watching his mother play the piano. “It’s happy music,” ...

When a friend began suffering from dementia, Andy King wanted to help him retain his memory. So, he created something memorable. A ukulele orchestra. If the very idea sounds whimsical — this humble ...

A banjo ukulele owned by popular 1930s and 40s entertainer George Formby is being sold at auction. Hansons Auctioneers in Etwall, Derbyshire, said the Gibson UB3 auction was expected to attract ...

The modest ukulele is enjoying a surge in popularity. Once considered a novelty, the four-stringed instrument is ready to be taken seriously. In Spitalfields, where London's financial district borders ...