# Chris Kamaka

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Ep. 64: Bacharach To Back On Track

Guests: Andy Andrews, Gerald Ross Hosts: Stuart Yoshida, Doug Brown In the bleak mid-Winter, my co-host Doug Brown and i bring you ukulele joy with returning guests Andy Andrews and Gerald Ross. We get to talk about Burt Bacharach songs, Andy Andrews first Ukulele Festival, the evolving Ukulele Wo…

From the Bunker: Chris Kamaka and Tyler Austenfeld Ukulele Supershow

Double Show! I talk with Chris Kamaka of Kamaka Ukuleles and Ukulele instructor and YouTube star Tyler Austenfeld of Ten Thumbs Productions.Find more on Kamaka Ukuleles at kamakahawaii.comFind more on Tyler on his YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCswGuz6dUg9txUmHvla1GFgand get more from …

Ep. 66: Ukulele Jedi

Guests: Ben Hassenger, Victoria Vox Hosts: Stuart Yoshida, Doug Brown It's our 7th anniversary Podcast, and it’s just like starting over again. So watch us stumble through our first LIVE Podcast - and, yes, I said “watch us” because you can view our first LIVESTREAM broadcast on YouTube with retur…

Hawaiian Concert Guide Show 454 - Free Kamakas for Everyone

Aloha mai kakou, Chris Kamaka This evening's podcast was part of a new live video feed. Each week's show will be visible from this web site during the shows recording. Special requests are listed below as well. Click here to hear this show: Please enjoy this broadcast of new Hawa…

Hawaiian Concert Guide Show 454 - Free Kamakas for Everyone

Aloha mai kakou, Chris Kamaka This evening's podcast was part of a new live video feed. Each week's show will be visible from this web site during the shows recording. Special requests are listed below as well. Click here to hear this show: Please enjoy this broadcast of new Hawaiian music, …

Strumming through history: How the ukulele became the sound of the Pacific

"Their fingers were jumping here, there, and everywhere… it reminded them of grandmothers picking fleas from children's hair. And from that vision came the word ukulele — meaning, jumping fleas." Almost 150 years ago, Madeiran workers brought a small wooden instrument with a bright lively sound to …

The Joyful Instrument That Became the Sound of Hawai'i

It started as an abandoned ukulele on a wall. Afar’s Aislyn Greene hadn’t touched it in two years — but that idle instrument sent her down a rabbit hole into one of the most joyful origin stories in music. The ukulele arrived in Hawai'i on a Portuguese immigrant ship in 1878, got a royal endorsemen…