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William Hall Macy (born March 13, 1950) is an Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated American actor, known for his role as Jerry Lundegaard in Fargo. He is also a teacher and director in theatre, film and television.
Ami Worthen (vocals, ukulele), Jason Krekel (vocals, guitar, fiddle) and Joe Edel (vocals, bass)
( from artist's site ) - Rolltop Records announces the release of “Have Uke Will Travel”, featuring Ukulele sensation Sarah Maisel. Sarah performs Ukulele instrumentals and vocal renditions of songs from the Great American Songbook. Styles include Jazz, Country classics and Hawaiian Music. With the release of “Have Uke Will Travel”, the talents of Sarah Maisel will be on display for a much larger audience to enjoy.
“Manitoba Hal Brolund is a bluesman of the traditional variety...Come the Ruination captures Hal's spirit as he fingerpicks his way through 10 acoustic blues tracks here. Highlights include the jaunty Keep on Singing and Whiskey Blues, which features Brolund serving up some searing slide work.” - Uptown
( from artist's site ) - Manitoba Hal is a unique performer, accomplished guitarist, songwriter and ukulele player. Using a combination of looping technology and other effects he creates a one-man-band performance that is truly one-of-a-kind. His takes on traditional blues songs are fresh and inventive and audiences everywhere are entertained by his stage banter and witty observations.
As a founding member of the widely successful troupe, Ukulele Noir, Tim Mann offers lessons in beginning and intermediate Ukulele.
( from artist's site ) - Officially formed in the summer of 2005, Manoa DNA has become Hawai’i’s newest and hottest band. Manoa DNA’s energy and intense harmonies create a sound that will sweep you off of your feet.
(bio from Danial Ho Creations web site) With his repertoire of over 1,000 songs, Gordon Mark transcends any perceived limitations one might have of the ‘ukulele. He brings to fruition the rich harmonies of jazz standards and the complex counterpoints found in classical pieces on this unassuming, four-stringed instrument.
(from artist's site) - Mary J. Martin has been playing ukulele since she was ten years old in Nova Scotia. She was part of a group of uke players that toured eastern and central Canada and Vermont, made albums, and appeared on national radio and television. Sasha von BonBon, founder and leader of the longstanding Toronto burlesque troupe The Scandelles says Martin is their "Uke Diva at Large, Notorious For Blistering Led Zep Solos." A jazz violist as well, she has performed in a few subway stations and with a load of bands, among them The Dears, Dearhunter, Hooch Moon, The Royal Mountain Jamboree, and the folk noir Colossal Egos, all of Montreal.
(from artist's site) - My love affair with music, film and theatre seemed to begin when I did. Ballet classes, city choruses, community theatre led to North Carolina School of the Arts High School of Ballet, Boston Conservatory Musical Theatre Program, and finally Berklee College of Music who shocked no one more than me by awarding me the Cleo Lane Award and Berklee Grant. Boston radio is highly supportive to local talent, and gave my band quite a bit of airplay so we could usually be found on WBCN, KISS 108, and WFNX's charts.
Kate was born in New Jersey and spent most of her school years in Pennsylvania. As a kid she focused on playing outside in the woods and playing classical piano.
(from Patsy's site) - Patsy's "Music" page breaks out into three "genre" pages: Jazz-Pop Standards, Island Tunes, and C&W. Click on "Music" above, and you'll see what we mean.
(From web site bio) THE MOONLIGHTERS have been a part of the New York City jazz and pop music scenes since they formed in 1998. Based around a core of harmonized vocal duets backed by warm acoustic instruments including Hawaiian lap steel guitar, ukulele, guitar and bass, they explore traditional and classic tunes with a unique, romantic approach that is appealing to listeners of all ages.
( from artist's site ) - I come from a family of music lovers. I heard music constantly growing up, went for piano lessons in grammar school, sang in the church choir and went to Rock and Roll shows before I went to high school. All those early seeds blossomed, when one Christmas I received a guitar from a very perceptive gift-giver. I started to practice, play with friends and was hooked!
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This book is for current and former guitar players discovering the ukulele for the first time or returning to the instrument.
Ukulele for Guitar Players is a guide to transferring the accumulated experience and knowledge gained as a guitar played to the ukulele. Or exploring the possibilities that the ukulele offer. Covers chords, scale and an introduction to reading standard music notation on ukulele.
The ukulele is both a different instrument than the guitar and at the same time a lot like the guitar.
Guitar players that also play the ukulele find that it gives them a different and fresh look at how they also approach the guitar.
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