Around 15 or so years ago, there was a resurgence in the ukulele which some thought would be short lived. In 2015 the Music Industries Association UK reported that ‘combined online and high-street sales doubled in Britain to about 250,000 a year over the past five years. Schools are using it as an alternative to recorders as an easy, cost-effective instrument to start learning’. Since this report, the ukulele continues to hold its own and we have seen the evolution of it within and outside the classroom.
So, what is it about the ukulele that continues to hold us in its thrall?
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