We are Moving!

We are so excited to be embarking on our next adventure! I can’t believe it’s happening - but in September, we will be Hawai’i residents.

Photo by Craig Chee

Our time in San Diego has been wonderful; it feels like Craig JUST moved here, even though it’s been over 6 years. We are so grateful to this city and to the amazing ‘ukulele community here. We are especially grateful to Hale ‘Ukulele. They have always been so supportive of our endeavors and have been a great base for our ‘ukulele community, here in San Diego. Ric & Monica have been instrumental in keeping the community engaged in workshops and anything uke related. Thank you so much to their entire family for everything!

Many of our fans already know about the birth of our son, Cameron, this past January. We are incredibly lucky to have him in our lives, especially during this time. It’s been amazing to see him grow each day, and we are looking forward to raising him in Hawai’i.

We will do our best to keep up with our blog, sharing the new adventures that come our way. We will also continue to create our Live Streams, trying to make each one more engaging than the last. If you haven’t done so, please take some time to check out our two Mini-Fests. They were a BLAST and it was great to get to “hang out” with all of our friends.

Thank you so much to all of our fans and supporters around the globe! We can’t wait to continue sharing our journey with you! Also, a special thank you to our ArtistWorks Students! You guys have been absolutely amazing during this quarantine, and we can’t thank you enough. Look out for some fun additional lessons and challenges in the year ahead!

Until our next post - we’ll see you soon!

Enjoy our Mini-Fests!

So many wonderful friends and lots of learning!

Mini-Fest Page

NEW ALBUM!!!

We are very excited to have a new album coming out! It will be available EXCLUSIVELY on our website starting June 15, 2018!

This album features several Jazz Standards, including Honeysuckle Rose, Don't Get Around Much Anymore, On the Sunny Side of the Street, Bluesette, and more. Joining us on drums is Merlin Showalter, and bass is Milo Fultz. They have recorded on our past 2 albums, and it's always a pleasure to work with them. 

We are so grateful to our producer and dear friend, Tyler Fortier, for helping this project come to fruition. Looking forward to sharing this project with the world!

-Sarah & Craig

Holy Cow! The Start of Festival Season 2016...

So much to catch up on! Soon after the last tour, Sarah and I were announced to head back to the Cairns ‘Ukulele Festival! Much more on that coming soon, but definitely take a look at all the new things planned for that festival. Sarah and I jumped on another plane then headed to the Folk Project Getaway in New Jersey where we represented the ‘ukulele among many other instruments. During this weekend we were also announced for the ‘Ukulele Festival of Scotland 2017!

After a great weekend in New Jersey (it was so hot!), we then took off to Island Bazaar in Huntington Beach. Sarah and I love every time we go there and wanted to make this trip even more special... so we brought along my long time bassist from Eugene, Oregon and a good friend from Hawai'i. Milo Fultz and Kalei Gamiao! It was an incredibly fun concert and we were happy to see many attendees discover Kalei for the first time (he should be way more known on the mainland!). 

The following week, Sarah, Kalei, Milo and myself were joined by Daniel Ho, Jason Arimoto, and Kalyn Aolani, as ‘ukuleles took over the main stage at the San Diego Festival of the Arts! We also had some great local artists and groups perform on the Garden Stage. We had a ton of great feedback and hope to be able to help book next year's entertainment again as well. 

A few days later Sarah and I jetted off to Eugene and Portland for workshops and performances. It's always great to be back in Oregon though I wish we had more time to visit with friends in Eugene... next time for sure! Our stops this trip were at Aloha Friday and Pacific Winds in Eugene and the Portland ‘Ukulele Association (PUA). Wonderful people and we can't wait to be back soon!

A day after coming home from Oregon, we then flew to Michigan for the first annual Midwest Uke Camp! This was our second time teaching and performing in Michigan and have really lucked out on the weather both times... it was absolutely gorgeous. Sarah and I met up with Lil Rev, Gerald Ross, Kimo Hussey, Paul Hemmings, Jim Beloff and more! Thank you, Ben Hassenger for the incredible work that you do! Also special thank you to Jon Moody (of GHS fame) backing us up on bass!

Let's see... a few days later we drove up to visit the amazing Sun City ‘Ukulele Club before headlining the Rocky Mountain ‘Ukulele Festival in Durango, CO. So many wonderful things about these two events. Sarah and I loved also reconnecting with Daniele Ate the Sandwhich. I'll have some videos to share soon :)

After yet another 2 days, we then headed up to the Bend ‘Ukulele University! What an amazing event... the BUGs are such an energetic and loving group. We were joined by the Quiet American (we are doing a tour with them and Kate Power and Steve Einhorn this Fall!), Milo Fultz, Merlin Showalter, Jim D'vile and more! Make sure to get your tickets for next year as they sell out fast! 

Phew... that leads us to today where Sarah and I are catching up with our wonderful online students at ArtistWorks. We will be leaving next week for our annual Uke Cruise to Alaska! Before then I'll be editing and posting some great videos from our travels so keep up to date on my Facebook page here! You can find photos from all of our events as well as the newest videos (don't forget to subscribe!). Thank you all for your support and love. It's been a hectic summer so far but it's been so energizing due to the awesome attendees that have been coming out to see us! Hope to see you guys soon! I'll leave you with some of my favorite photos from the last two months.

Love and aloha,

Craig and Sarah

Online ‘Ukulele School and Reno ‘Ukulele Festival Tour (plus new videos!)

Woohoo! Sarah and I have been so excited that our new online ‘ukulele school is up and running! If you want to read more about our new venture, please visit: http://artistworks.com/ukulele

We also had a ton of fun on tour! Joined by James Agg from the UK on bass, we started off at the Reno ‘Ukulele Festival and then made our way down to Cupertino, the DaSilva ‘Ukulele Factory, the Strum Shop and U-Space! My personal favorite part of the trip was being on stage with Abe Lagrimas Jr (on drums) and James (on bass). What a huge sound that was so much fun to be a part of... to top it all off we had Steven Espaniola and Faith Ako open the night and join us for a song. Below are some of my favorite photos but you can find the whole album here.

As always, it was great to catch up with old friends and meet new ones! 3 new song videos were added today as well in the videos tab. Hope you enjoy, we'll be getting ready for our next tour soon!