Aloha! It’s another ‘Ukulele Wednesday. Here is “Octopus’s Garden’ from The Beatles’ Abbey Road album. I recorded this last week, but didn’t get around to posting. So here it is now.
Aloha! It’s another ‘Ukulele Wednesday. Here is “Octopus’s Garden’ from The Beatles’ Abbey Road album. I recorded this last week, but didn’t get around to posting. So here it is now.
It’s another ‘Ukulele Wednesday. Today’s song is a fun number from the Ka‘au Crater Boys called Opihi Man. My rendition of the song can be found here: https://youtu.be/6ISTfpQ2Wp0 If you are not familiar with opihi, they are a Hawaiian delicacy. A type of limpet, they cling to rocks. They are made up of a very hard shell, …
Here we are, another ‘Ukulele Wednesday. Today happens to be Mary Fran’s birthday, so I have two songs for today. Listen to them here. The first is Las Mañanitas. This is a birthday song that is popular in Mexico and Central America. Here are the lyrics: Estas son las mañanitas Que cantaba el rey David …
For today’s ‘Ukulele Wednesday, we go to the island of O‘ahu to the majestic crater of Diamond Head, also known as Kaimana Hila. The island of O‘ahu is about 3.5 million years old. Diamond Head is believed to have last erupted about 200,000 years ago. The Hawaiians called the crater Leahi, which means the brow …
Aggie Park opened Friday at Texas A&M after almost two years of development. I visited this morning with my KoAloha longneck soprano. It’s a great place to sit and play music. Here is Ulupalakua. Well, it took awhile to figure out how to embed this YouTube video, so I’m going to leave this post with …
Edith Kanaka‘ole, a dancer, composer, teacher, and kumu hula, was one of the leading lights of the Hawaiian Renaissance in the 1970’s. She will be featured on U.S. quarters next year as part of the Treasury Department’s American Women Quarters Program. You can see more designs here: Edith was born in Honomu, Hawai‘i on the …
Kihei Maui, 6/12/2022 Eleven days ago we arrived in Maui for the 24th George Kahumoku Jr. Ki Ho ‘Alu and ‘Ukulele workshop. The workshop was held at the Napili Kai resort, as it was last year. Just leaving the airport felt like we were arriving back home. We were met at the airport by Destiny …
I’m trying to arrange ukulele lessons while in Waikiki, but it is really difficult with all of the covid restrictions. I had arranged some lessons with Roy Sakuma Studios, but they were canceled because of Covid. Yesterday, I approached The Ukulele Store in Waikiki because they advertise free lessons. However, they have discontinued them due …
KoAloha Ukulele in the video below, I introduce you to my new KoAloha ukulele. It was kind windy when I made the video, so there is a little wind noise in the background.
New addition to the Troy family. A Koaloha soprano ukulele. Mary Fran bought it for me at Kamoa Ukuleles in Kapaa, Kauai on Monday. So maybe this should be Ukulele Monday. It was our last day on Kauai and I wasn’t able to post until now. Here it is: The body is koa, The neck …
Hawaiian Noir 