Tonight's the Night!

Brittni has arrived!

Brittni had a day to tour the city and she loves it here. She will share some of her reflections tonight.
We have Kohli Calhoun to open for Brittni.
Ticket sales are now suspended online, but you can buy at the door for the same price of $10.
Doors open at 7 PM, music starts around 8 PM.
See you later.

Ken

Uke Hut is opened this weekend!

Friday and Saturday evenings with regular hours-6PM until 11PM.
We will be talking uke, setting up for Tuesday nights concert with Britni Paiva and there will be tunes from Ken Bari Murray, Makalina and others who enter the premises with their ukes! See you there!

Monday, August 2, 2010

Britni Paiva at the Uke Hut

We are very fortunate to have the opportunity to see the premier female ukulele star at the Uke Hut next Tuesday! Britni is an old friend of the New York Uke Fest and loves the city. She has just begun an East coast tour and we found a gap in her schedule, so we could fit an appearance at the Uke Hut. Here is an except from a press release...

At 21 years of age, Brittni Paiva (pie –VAH) is already the preeminent female ukulele player from Hawaii. She's an award-winning multi-instrumentalist whose sound and concept are influenced by jazz, rock, flamenco, and classical music as well as world music from Brazil, Japan, and elsewhere.
Brittni’s new CD, Four Strings: The Fire Within (Talmidim Productions), was co-produced by Charles Michael Brotman, Hawaii’s first Grammy Award recipient. Some of the highlights include guitarist Johannes Linstead’s feature on “Hour of the Lamps”; the timeless and universally popular “Somewhere Over The Rainbow” (lately identified with the late great Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, but the sound is unmistakably Brittni’s); and Carlos Santana’s classic “Europa”. The rest of the album consists of cover tunes and originals that display Brittni’s technique and passion.



Usually, Britni performs in large concert halls. In this case, ticket sales will be limited to 100, so it will be a very cozy and intimate show. Opening for Britni, will be Kohli Calhoun, who wowed the Uke Hut audience last month. Doors will open at 7PM. See you there.

Musical Improv with Ukuleles!

Our friend Sean Harvey has two of the most fun hobbies imaginable: improv comedy and ukuleles. Two great tastes that taste great together, right?

This Friday, he's pulling together awesome musical improv talent here at the Uke Hut Friday night at 8pm! Featuring the musical stylings of pianist Joel Esher and local ukulele mainstays Rush Kress and Rick Bruner.

Watch us pull a musical parody out of our butts! It's magic!

RSVP on Facebook.

Hi All you NY Ukers,

The Uke Hut is opened! After the Uke Fest hiatus, we are back in business at our Subterranean Lanai! Last Saturday we had a sound check and we are ready to jam. On Friday, July 16, Mr Badger will highlight and on Saturday, TABU. For the rest of July, there will be appearances by Kohli Calhoun, Marci Gordon, more from Mr Badger, TABU and yours truly. More information will follow about the future schedule.

We are also auctioning a great Kala tenor uke at the Hut-proceeds to go to Sean Bolivar, who is headed to Austin, Texas. Sean was the backbone of Nalu Noa, one of our original groups at the Uke Hut and we will seriously miss them in our next season. Come by and take a chance!

Looking forward to seeing old friends and welcoming new uke lovers to the Hut. Bring all your friends for good food, cheap drinks and great music.

Ken

This Friday, April 30, Whistling Wolves

This Friday night, a great NYC act, The Whistling Wolves, featuring the two-time World Whistling Champion Emily Eagen and ace harmonica player Trip Henderson, both of whom also sing and play uke. The full Whistling Wolves include a larger band, but they'll be debuting with a set at the hut from 7:30 on Friday as a duet.

Welcome to Uke Hut!

Come check out the coolest new night club in NYC, the Uke Hut. Think of it as one of the hidden bars, in the downstairs of Maui Taco, 330 5th Ave (between 32nd & 33rd), next door to the Empire State Building, where unpretentious musicians from NY's vibrant ukulele scene perform without a cover charge every Friday and Saturday night (though tipping the band members is encouraged).

Stay tuned for regular listings of performers here every week.

And if you haven't signed up yet, be sure to attend this year's NY Uke Fest, a top stop on the red-hot worldwide ukulele circuit, May 12-16.