Jake Shimabukuro's Ukulele Offers a Nice Change of Pace
Ukulele may not have much to do with country music -- but maybe it should. I would dare to say there are some very real similarities between the old-time music of Hawaii and that of the mainland. When I saw Jake Shimabukuro, ukulele master and Internet sensation (check out his arrangement of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"), perform Wednesday night (May 27) in Nashville, he showed off one of those similarities above all the rest. It was a welcome change of pace and a stirring performance that the Belcourt Theatre audience rewarded with two standing ovations.
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