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UKEtoberFest Performers
- James Hill
Since turning heads with his early recordings and shows, James has been heard frequently on CBC and NPR National radio. He has shared billing with Jerry Douglas, Robert Cray, Lyle Lovett and others.- Del Rey
“Del Rey... channels the spirit of Memphis Minnie while maintaining a thoroughly hip, Left Coast sense of cool.”- Danielle Ate The Sandwich
Danielle writes witty songs about all kindza things. Her influences include Simon and Garfunkel, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Death Cab for Cutie, and Joanna Newsom... and maybe some boy bands.- Mitch Hider
Our indispensable MC. Mitch is a nationally-known, award-winning whistler, singer, ukulele player and vaudevillian.- Gerald Ross
Award winning ukester Gerald Ross will be sparking the party. Whether he is playing the guitar, the UKULELE, or Hawaiian steel guitar,his music expresses a sense of rhythm and melody that is rare in contemporary music.- Craig Chee
Craig Chee was born and raised on Oahu, Hawaii. His instrument of choice is the ukulele and can be found teaching locally and in other states (Craig has just come back from the Seattle Uke Festival where he taught workshops and performed with the likes of James Hill). With a background of a variety of musical influences (Jake Shimabukuro being both a big influence and a former teacher) Craig is currently adding his style to classic traditional and contemporary Hawaiian songs as well as focusing on composing original songs. While extremely hard to classify his music in one set genre, some of the more reoccurring adjectives are "amazing" and "just plain fun". Craig has lived in Eugene since 1999 and has played in a few different groups such as "Hana Hou", "Some Guys", and "Kolohe". Craig is further pushing his sound in the Craig Chee Band, collaborating with musicians from local band favorite Reeble Jar including Sean Ponder, Joey Hepner and Theo Halpart. - Larry Wyatt
The guy who ukulele'd Hood River. He will teach and perform with his band the Hapa Hillbillies.- Jim D'Ville
Jim D'Ville is an internationally recognized ukulele educator who regularly teaches workshops in the US, Canada, and Australia. He hosts the popular Play Ukulele by Ear blog (http://playukulelebyear.blogspot.com), is the author of The Natural Way To Music, written with banjo great Bill Keith and created the Play Ukulele By Ear DVD series.- Maggie Matoba
Maggie Matoba is the co-founder and coordinator of Mele Ohana of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon, a Hawaiian music players group, and Iron Mango Orchestra, a ukulele ensemble that performs traditional and contemporary Hawaiian songs, and is a band member of Hana Hou, a five member group that also plays traditional and contemporary Hawaiian music with ukulele, slack key guitar, bass, and steel guitar. She has also branched out of the Hawaiian genre and plays bass with an all-girls doo-wop uke group, The Refreshments. She is also an Artist in Residence with Lane Arts Council teaching Hawaiian music and culture, a ukulele instructor specializing in Hawaiian-style techniques, and is a student of hula and kiho’alu (slack-key) guitar.
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