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-- shee-ma-BOO-koo-roh: How you pronounce Jake Shimabukuro's last name. -- yoo-kuh-LAY-le: How you pronounce Jake Shimabukuro's instrument of choice, the ukulele. -- 4: How old Jake was when he ...
Jake Shimabukuro captured the world's attention with his original take on George Harrison’s “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” a viral video that dominated YouTube in 2005. The Hawaiian-born ukulele ...
Jake Shimabukuro, whom some refer to as “the Jimi Hendrix of the ukulele,” will perform Friday, Sept. 8, at the Irvine Barclay Theatre. Shimabukuro plays everything from “crunching, effects-laden rock ...
Jake Shimabukuro doesn’t want to take any credit for the ukulele boom other than, over the last decade, he has seen thousands pick up the four-stringed Hawaiian instrument. But the “Jimi Hendrix of ...
Justin Bieber may be the most famous musician who was discovered on YouTube, but Jake Shimabukuro is arguably the most talented — and improbable — star with viral video roots. The ukulele virtuoso was ...