E46 Roy and Kathy Sakuma from 2021-07-30T19:28

Roy and Kathy Sakuma

Note: This episode was recorded before the main event of Ukulele Festival Hawaii held on July 18th, 2021.

Hey there again everyone! I had th...

E47 Karlie G from 2021-07-30T19:24:34

Karlie G

Note: This episode was recorded before the main event of Ukulele Festival Hawaii held on July 18th, 2021.

Hello everyone! I had the great honor of sitti...

E48 Joe and Kristen Souza from 2021-07-30T01:52:01

Joe and Kristen Souza

Note: This episode was recorded before the main event of Ukulele Festival Hawaii held on July 18th, 2021.

Aloha friends! Here's a wonderful...

E45 Jodi and Honoka in Kaimuki from 2020-12-08T13:00:08

Jodi and Honoka in Kaimuki

Wayyyyyy back in July 2019 I got to sit down with these two fantastic ukulele players at Jodi's school, Ukulele Hale.

We talked about the awesome thing...

E44 Mika Kane at Kamaka from 2020-06-01T12:00

Mika Kane

Mika is an exceptional player from Maui.

UkeLogic strings

T...

E43 Chris Kamaka at Kamaka from 2020-06-01T03:55:10

Chris Kamaka at Kamaka

Chris is currently the Production Manager at Kamaka Ukulele.

Kamaka Ukulele

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E42 Joe Souza in Hawaii from 2020-04-07T04:11:58

Joe Souza

I sat down with Joe at one of the busiest events of the year, Ukulele Festival Hawaii. This was from July, 2019.

He's a great player and teacher, but he also makes a gr...

E41 Cynthia Kinnunen in Toronto from 2020-04-07T03:29:16

Cynthia Kinnunen

It was great to finally sit down and chat with Cynthia. She does a lot in the ukulele world.

Cynthia's webs...

COVID 19 and the ukulele world from 2020-03-30T16:44:59

COVID 19 and the ukulele world

In this episode I talk with some people in the ukulele world about the impact COVID 19 has had on them.

I hope everyone's staying safe and healthy....

E39 Dr. Byron Yasui from 2020-03-20T12:00

Dr. Byron Yasui

In July of 2019, I sat down with an uke master to talk about all the things he's been building in the ukulele world. We talk about repertoire and the future of the ukule...

E38 Kimo Hussey from 2020-02-28T04:09:43

Kimo Hussey

I finally got to meet this ukulele hero of mine. Kimo is a mighty fine player and teacher. We sat down in Manoa in July and talked story about moveable chord shapes, expensi...

E37 Jake Shimabukuro in Hartford, CT from 2020-02-28T03:37:35

Jake Shimabukuro

Caught up with Jake on his tour through Hartford, CT.

We chatted about all sorts of stuff, like songwriting, practice, his favorite artists, and tons of other st...

E36 Craig Chee and Sarah Maisel from San Diego from 2019-12-24T15:55:37

Craig and Sarah in San Diego

I caught up with Craig and Sarah after their busy year.

This episode is really dense with ukulele advice, so buckle up.

They just released a h...

E35 Mini Boss of KoAloha Ukulele from 2019-12-24T01:15

Paul Okami of KoAloha

Paul Okami is the Mini Boss, or Vice President of KoAloha Ukulele.

I got to sit and chat with him back in July when I visited Oahu.

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E33 Brad Bordessa on the Big Island from 2019-12-02T16:56:08

Brad Bordessa from the Big Island

In my first semi-high-tech remote interview, my guest was Brad Bordessa, an ukulele teacher and player located on the Big Island of Hawaii.

We t...

E32 Jenny Peters and Ukulele for All from 2019-11-29T02:02:46

Jenny Peters

Back in July I got to chat with Jenny Peters, teacher and author of many great ukulele books.

We talked about classroom teaching, teaching challenges, pedagogy, and ...

E31 James Hill in Ashokan from 2019-11-08T15:36:32

James Hill at Ashokan

In May of 2019, I got to catch up with James Hill at the Ashokan Ukulele Festival in New York. We talked about his new album, technology, throat singing, playing w...

E30 Casey MacGill in Ashokan from 2019-09-30T16:00

Casey MacGill in Ashokan

My guest today is Casey MacGill. Casey is from Southern California and I caught up with him at the Ashokan Uke Fest. This is the second episode from my Ashokan ...

E29 Ukulele Underground Crossover Pt. 1 from 2019-08-02T19:01:26

Ukulele Underground Crossover part 1

I visited Kauai and hung out with the Ukulele Underground crew for a day. We did two podcast episodes and this is the first one. We talked about pla...

E28 Bryan Tolentino at the Magic Fluke Co. from 2019-07-01T05:32:57

Bryan Tolentino at the Magic Fluke Co.

Back in May, I travelled up to the Magic Fluke Co. in Sheffield, MA to chat with Bryan Tolentino.

He was doing a little workshop/concert to...

E27 Gerald Ross in Ashokan from 2019-06-28T10:00

Gerald Ross in Ashokan

I had the wonderful opportunity to spend a day at the Ashokan Uke Fest in Olivebridge, NY.

It was a beautiful place filled with lots of wonderful music-mak...

E26 Banjolele or firewood? with Christopher Davis-Shannon from 2019-05-23T04:56:09

Banjolele or firewood?

😅 just a joke

This is the 2019 Allegheny Ukulele Soiree Special number 3.

Learn more about Chris and hear his music at Listen

E24 The Ukes of Mim from 2019-05-21T02:25:27

The Ukes of Mim

Allegheny Ukulele Soiree Special number 2.

Mim sells and sets up ukuleles in Floyd, Virginia, USA.

She's also a great entertainer and puts a lot of thought...

E23 Catching up with Mike from 2019-05-17T04:07:02

Catching up with Mike

Allegheny Ukulele Soiree Special number 1.

This was a short chat I had with Mike Holzer. It was early Sunday morning, the last day of the festival.

W...

E22 Kiku or Guitarlele with Terry from 2019-04-20T10:00

Kiku or Guitarlele with Terry

Today's episode is all about ukulele, as usual, but also guitarlele, or the kīkū, not as usual.

Terry Carter was my guest. He's a great teacher and ...

E20 Goldilocks Jazz with Paul Hemmings from 2019-03-31T03:43:22

Goldilocks Jazz with Paul Hemmings

Abe's Ukulele Podcast on RadioPublic

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E19 Jack and the Vox from 2019-02-19T11:00

Jack and the Vox

Note: I'm so sorry if the music is too loud! I'm having too much fun listening to my new intro music.😂🙏

For today’s episode I caught up with V...

E18 Ukulele Wishlist from 2018-12-31T05:22:01

Ukulele wishlist

This is officially December's episode.

It's more of a personal resolution as well as a challenge to all uke players

Here's my uke wishlist

1. Mo...
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E17 Effects pedals for ukulele from 2018-11-30T17:16:03

Effects pedals for ukulele

With the hope of new gear on the horizon for many ukulele players, I wanted to take this chance to cover some pedals that every player should know about.

E16 James Hill and 8-note uke chords from 2018-10-07T12:00

James Hill and 8-note uke chords

I caught up with James Hill again in August. We talked about the new Ukulele Hot Springs he put together and tons of other uke things.

Uncle Zac'...

E15 Teaching with ukulele percussion from 2018-09-14T10:00

Teaching with percussive uke

My guest today is Bryan LaPlante.

News

• The uke contest winners were decided. The cutest video of m...

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E14 One-year giveaway! from 2018-08-13T14:00

An uke giveaway! and more

Thanks for your patience in getting this episode out this month!

I'm doing an ukulele giveaway with U...

E13 How I made my first album from 2018-07-09T10:00

My songwriting

Today’s episode is a commentary on my first studio album, which came out earlier this year. It’s not a super in-depth breakdown of each song, but a brief discussion in re...

E12 How Mike Holzer started the Allegheny Ukulele Soiree from 2018-06-07T06:00:38

Allegheny Ukulele Soiree Special: Mike Holzer

For the final episode in this special series, I sat down and talked to Mike Holzer, the chief ukulele evangelist of the Listen

E11 From viola to ukulele with Amber Rozel: Allegheny Ukulele Soiree Special from 2018-05-31T06:00:48

Allegheny Ukulele Soiree Special: Amber Rozel

AUSS no. 4 features a Steel City Ukes native! Amber Rozel is a tea...

E10 Eating sandwiches with Danielle: Allegheny Ukulele Soiree Special from 2018-05-30T13:18:18

Allegheny Ukulele Soiree Special: Danielle Ate the Sandwich

Here’s 3 of 5 from the Allegheny Ukulele Soiree! Today’s episode is with Danielle Ate the Sandwich. More info on the Soiree c...

E9 The great uke duo Craig Chee and Sarah Maisel: Allegheny Ukulele Soiree Special from 2018-05-15T14:07:16

Allegheny Ukulele Soiree Special

This is the second installment of a special uke fest series I’m putting out as quickly as I can. These episodes were all recorded on April 21, 2018 in A...

E8 Playing ukulele by ear with Jim D'Ville: Allegheny Ukulele Soiree Special from 2018-05-07T13:33:34

Here is part one of a special series I’m doing on the Allegheny Ukulele Soiree. I was invited to attend and had a wonderful time at this festival in Altoona, PA, USA. It was located in a giant l...

E7 Jake Shimabukuro in Fairfield, CT from 2018-05-01T08:00:37

Jake Shimabukuro

I’m so excited to share today’s episode with you! I was able to sit down with Jake Shimabukuro for an interview last month when he came through Fairfield, CT for a conc...

E6 Looking for inspiration from 2018-04-09T06:26:07

Inspiring people/players

This episode I’m sharing a few of my favorite ukulele players to give you some inspiration. They all have a big presence on Instagram and I highly recommend che...

E5 Getting better all the time from 2018-03-02T16:13:21

Always improving

I’m back with another episode about practice and other ways to improve as a musician! I talk about listening to a diverse collection of music.

Here is the Listen

E4 Talking with Jim Beloff from 2018-01-30T03:42:26

Jim Beloff

This month I was honored with a chance to interview Jim Beloff. The background music for this episode is Jim’s own ukulele concerto “Uke Can’t Be Serious.” You can hear the f...

E3 Primer on Practice from 2017-12-09T18:52:53

Primer on Practice

Hey everyone!

It’s been a long time, but I’m back. This time I’m talking about practice, teaching, great new ukes, and some ideas for musicians to check out. Listen

E2 Episode 2 with James Hill! from 2017-09-18T20:06:18

Episode 2

Back in July I got a chance to sit down with James Hill and talk to him about the ukulele.

We talked about teaching our own kids the uke, the future of the ukulele, and...

E1 First episode! from 2017-08-06T20:09:51

Episode 1

Here’s the first episode of my ukulele podcast!

It’s mostly just me rambling on about the ukulele. I introduce myself and cover a few topics from new instruments and ju...