The owner and manager of The Cricket On The Hill couldn’t care less about your music. That is, he wouldn’t listen to it at home. But he does all he can for you. He’s a man of integrity, heart, and kicks some serious business ass.
Attention ukulele enthusiasts: your wait is over! Grab your ukes and come out to Swallow Hill just off Broadway on Yale (between the Gothic to the South and Herman’s to the North) on Saturday, February 9 to have yourself a ukein’ good time!
A four-string instrument that is most associated with Hawaiian music, the ukulele was born in the 1880s out of two other instruments: the braguinha and the rajão, brought by Portuguese immigrants seeking work in the sugar cane fields in 1879. These craftsmen were instrument maker Manuel Nunes and companions Joao Fernandes and Augustine Dias.
Back in 2002 I decided to launch an annual awards/recognition party
for bands, artists, and industry folks who I'd the pleasure of working
with that year. I had seen a lot of hard working artists and quality
music not getting recognition from other annual