Rockers are reportedly dumping the guitare and switching to the ukulele. The uke shows up on récent recordings par artists such as Jack Johnson, Andy Partridge, Nickel Creek and Jens Lekman. Eddie Vedder did a whole album of uke music.
Very enjoyable and enthusiastic ukulele blog par Tonya (a Northern California ukulele fan). She also runs a group called Ukuleles of Paradise which gets together for informal confiture sessions.
Kamaka is *the* ukulele maker in Hawaii. They recently celebrated their 90th anniversary. Here's a nice retrospective that ran in the Hawaii newspaper, the Honolulu Advertiser, recently.
Ukulele is the new hip. And the humble instrument, too long associated with the late and certifiably bizarre Tiny Tim of Tip-toe Thru' the Tulips With Me fame, digs the sudden limelight.