Who doesn’t love the ukulele? It’s a teeny tiny mini guitar with a cute, high pitched sound. It’s the instrument of sunsets, paradise beaches and carefree rides on an old rickey bicycle through back roads Hawaii. I once had a ukulele that I never new how to really play, but loved it anyway because it was a ukulele with it’s sweet sound and fun to say name. I first got a real feel for what the ukulele was capable of when I heard youtube sensation, Jake Shimabukuro at the Rochester Jazz Fest a few years back. What he could do with such a limited instrument left me baffled and in awe.
Now Eddie Vedder, of Pearl Jam is tackling this small instrument in his second solo album. Not quite taking the ukulele to the limits that Shimabukuro does, Vedder keeps it close and plays with it’s quieter sounds and melodies.
Vedder’s deep, grounded voice singing with the higher, dancing melody of the ukulele is a perfect combination. I am in love with everything about it.
NPR is streaming the entire album on their website.Check it out. It will be the perfect soundtrack to your day.
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