SOLD OUT: Jake Shimabukuro with Jake Armerding
"The Jimi Hendrix of the ukulele!" When he was just four, Hawaii-born Jake Shimabukuro (she-ma-BOO-koo-row) got his first ukulele lesson from his mother. "When I played my first chord I was hooked," says Jake, " I fell in love with the instrument". That love grew into a deep passion to create and innovate. Renowned for lightning-fast fingers and revolutionary playing techniques, Jake views the ukulele as an "untapped source of music with unlimited potential." His virtuosity defies label or category. Playing jazz, blues, funk, classical, bluegrass, folk, flamenco, and rock, Jake is a virtuoso on a mission to show everyone that the ukulele is capable of more than the traditional Hawaiian music many associate it with. Think While My Guitar Gently Weeps. Bach. Japanese koto music. Thriller. And the list goes on and on!
SOLD OUT!
The Boston Globe calls singer-violinist Jake Armerding "the most gifted and promising songwriter to emerge from the Boston folk scene in years."
At 13, Armerding joined his father's bluegrass band, Northern Lights, on fiddle. He soon turned his...
Renowned for his lightning-fast fingers and revolutionary playing techniques, Jake Shimabukuro (she-ma-BOO-koo-row) views the ukulele (oo-koo-LAY-lay) as an "untapped source of music with unlimited potential." His virtuosity defies label or category. Playing...
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This activity is made possible in part by a grant provided by the Minnesota State Arts Board, through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature from the Minnesota arts and cultural heritage fund with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008
