Chris Kamaka leans back in his chair, strumming an old tenor ukulele, an instrument that his family business, Kamaka Hawaii, has been building for 100 years. He’s been challenged to play a sad song on ...

What is it? A tiny, four-stringed guitar that can look comical or cute when strummed, first popularised in early 20th-century Hawaiian music. Who uses it? Although there are still some leading ...

This Hawaiian ukulele player became world famous after uploading a video of him playing a cover version of George Harrison’s While My Guitar Gently Weeps lin New York’s Central Park. He is currently ...