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Review 1 for Jake Shimabukuro

5 / 5

Jake Shimabukuro is the best!

Balboa Theatre @

- San Diego @

, CA @

- Wed, Feb 15, 2012 @

Posted 02/20/2012

by Avocado510

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Jake Shimabukuro is such a charismatic, humble, and talented performer. He really had a connection with the audience and kept me fully entertained the entire time. He played a wide range of music that really demonstrated his mastery of the ukelele. And afterwards he had a meet and greet open to everyone. Even though there were a ton of people in line to see him, he really made an effort to talk to and connect with everyone. I would definitely go again!

Balboa Theatre @

- San Diego @

, CA @

- Wed, Feb 15, 2012 @

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Review 2 for Jake Shimabukuro

5 / 5

Jake was amazing

Balboa Theatre @

- San Diego @

, CA @

- Sun, Oct 17, 2010 @

Favorite moment: Jake’s remarkable rendition of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody. @

Posted 10/20/2010

by Oldielover

Featured Review

Jake's talent is unbelieveable as his fingers dance across the strings. If you close your eyes while he plays, you'd never guess all those sounds were coming from just one instrument, and that the instrument had only four strings. As always, he related to the audience very well. He typically tells the backstory behind each of his songs, which allows you to understand more of the nuances of the music. He is amazingly talented, humble, humorous and entertaining. I was worth the 4 hour drive.

Balboa Theatre @

- San Diego @

, CA @

- Sun, Oct 17, 2010 @

Favorite moment: Jake’s remarkable rendition of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody. @

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Review 3 for Jake Shimabukuro

5 / 5

He's awesome

Sixth & I Historic Synagogue @

- Washington @

, DC @

- Tue, Apr 23, 2013 @

Favorite moment: When his brother joined him on stage. @

Setlist: All excellent @

Opening act(s): All excellent @

Posted 05/20/2013

by Olives4

Location:Washington, DC

I loved Jake's concert! It was amazing the whole time. Great music selection and vibe. His brother also plays really well - I really enjoyed watching both play together. He should have gone back and played again at the end!

Thank you!

Sixth & I Historic Synagogue @

- Washington @

, DC @

- Tue, Apr 23, 2013 @

Favorite moment: When his brother joined him on stage. @

Setlist: All excellent @

Opening act(s): All excellent @

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Review 4 for Jake Shimabukuro

5 / 5

Past, present and future!

Keswick Theatre @

- Glenside @

, PA @

- Sun, Apr 21, 2013 @

Favorite moment: Can a moment last an hour and a half? @

Posted 04/26/2013

by Anonymous

Location:Western Chester County

Leo Kottke is made of gold. He can weave a yarn and make a guitar shimmer. Jake himself simmers and he never got the memo that a ukelele might not be cool. And we are fine with that, since outside of the uke box is a magical place to be. He's invented a new way of life because he went ahead and just imagined it. Past, present, and future all at the same time!

Keswick Theatre @

- Glenside @

, PA @

- Sun, Apr 21, 2013 @

Favorite moment: Can a moment last an hour and a half? @

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Review 5 for Jake Shimabukuro

5 / 5

Amazing Jake

Sixth & I Historic Synagogue @

- Washington @

, DC @

- Tue, Apr 23, 2013 @

Posted 04/25/2013

by MrsCushion

Location:Great Falls VA

Jake continues to make a small ukulele sound like a guitar, koto, drum, and harpsichord combined. Amazing amazing music. I think the light show was a little over the top, and I also do miss the old Jake in jeans and a t-shirt. Looks like a grown-up now.

Sixth & I Historic Synagogue @

- Washington @

, DC @

- Tue, Apr 23, 2013 @

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Review 6 for Jake Shimabukuro

5 / 5

Jake was amazing

Sixth & I Historic Synagogue @

- Washington @

, DC @

- Tue, Apr 23, 2013 @

Favorite moment: Jake's brother Bruce came on stage to do a duet. The crowd erupted in "Brruuuuuuuce" chants like it was a Springsteen concert! @

Posted 04/25/2013

by raaone

Location:Arlington, VA

The venue was perfectly intimate for this amazing musician to perform his craft in front of an enthusiastic crowd. I've seen Jake live a few times but this was the first time my husband saw him and he was impressed by Jake's original songs as well as his covers. Using such a small instrument to make so many different sounds is amazing and it sounds like a whole band is on stage, not just one guy with a uke. A perfect performance!

Sixth & I Historic Synagogue @

- Washington @

, DC @

- Tue, Apr 23, 2013 @

Favorite moment: Jake's brother Bruce came on stage to do a duet. The crowd erupted in "Brruuuuuuuce" chants like it was a Springsteen concert! @

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Review 7 for Jake Shimabukuro

5 / 5

Jake is awesome!

Sixth & I Historic Synagogue @

- Washington @

, DC @

- Tue, Apr 23, 2013 @

Favorite moment: When Jake invited his brother on the stage to play a song with him. The camaraderie and shared talent was fantastic. @

Posted 04/25/2013

by 6tokidoki9

I have never been to the 6th & I Historic Synagogue, and I went to see Jake because the idea of a ukulele master was too novel to pass up. The venue was beautiful! And Jake...just left us in awe. He is amazingly talented and humorous and modest. The show was so fantastic that I had to buy his ukulele USB so that I could download a video of the performance I attended.

Sixth & I Historic Synagogue @

- Washington @

, DC @

- Tue, Apr 23, 2013 @

Favorite moment: When Jake invited his brother on the stage to play a song with him. The camaraderie and shared talent was fantastic. @

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Review 8 for Jake Shimabukuro

5 / 5

Incredible performance

Sixth & I Historic Synagogue @

- Washington @

, DC @

- Tue, Apr 23, 2013 @

Posted 04/25/2013

by SauntyJaunty

Location:Arlington, VA

Jake killed it as usual. What a show.

He is truly a gifted ukulele player; and is elevating the instrument to a level never previously reached by another artist. As a fan of Hawaiian music, Jake is a invigorating breath of fresh air to the genre.

Not only does Jake perform extremely entertaining covers of well known songs (by the way, he performs all the musical portions, not just the strings lines) - but his original compositions are beautifully captivating.

What continues to blow me away however, is how grounded and truly humble he is. Not only as an emerging artist, but as a person. Having seen him at the Nuuanu Botanical Gardens a few years ago; it was very nice to see him again at a larger venue, in front of a larger crowd - carrying that same appreciative sense of humility.

Sixth & I Historic Synagogue @

- Washington @

, DC @

- Tue, Apr 23, 2013 @

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Review 9 for Jake Shimabukuro

5 / 5

Sixth & I Historic Synagogue @

- Washington @

, DC @

- Tue, Apr 23, 2013 @

Favorite moment: Bohemian Rhapsody on a ukulele - who knew? @

Posted 04/25/2013

by Anonymous

Fantastic show. Jake does amazing things with a ukulele and the venue was perfect for a one-man performance

Sixth & I Historic Synagogue @

- Washington @

, DC @

- Tue, Apr 23, 2013 @

Favorite moment: Bohemian Rhapsody on a ukulele - who knew? @

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Review 10 for Jake Shimabukuro

5 / 5

Unbelievable!

Sixth & I Historic Synagogue @

- Washington @

, DC @

- Tue, Apr 23, 2013 @

Favorite moment: While My Guitar Gently Weeps @

Posted 04/25/2013

by Illwind

It is really astonishing to hear what Jake Shimabukuro does with a ukelele. He gets an amazing range of sounds from what I believed until the concert to be a limited range instrument. And he is a wonderful performer - warm and engaging. Don't pass up a chance to see him perform live!

Sixth & I Historic Synagogue @

- Washington @

, DC @

- Tue, Apr 23, 2013 @

Favorite moment: While My Guitar Gently Weeps @

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Review 11 for Jake Shimabukuro

5 / 5

He's AMAZING!

Sixth & I Historic Synagogue @

- Washington @

, DC @

- Tue, Apr 23, 2013 @

Posted 04/25/2013

by TheChattyBard

Location:DC

An incredible performer and composer. He makes sounds you would never expect from a ukelele. GO!

Sixth & I Historic Synagogue @

- Washington @

, DC @

- Tue, Apr 23, 2013 @

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Review 12 for Jake Shimabukuro

5 / 5

Leo and Jake: seasoned vs. noob virtuosity

Keswick Theatre @

- Glenside @

, PA @

- Sun, Apr 21, 2013 @

Favorite moment: Shimbakuro's "oh no, he didn't" trip up the fingerboard into unchartered pitches...(was he plucking above his strumming??) @

Posted 04/25/2013

by onetruesentence

Location:near glenside

Last Sunday, at the Keswick, a sold out crowd watched a seasoned veteran make his guitar gently explode. Kottke casually makes the impossible look like an easy, almost offhanded afterthought. Kottke's picking and strumming are nothing short of dazzling, yet his quiet, wry narration belie the complexity of his abilities.
Shimabukuro came out in the second half and shattered the thesis that musicianship of Kottke's level only comes with age. Shimabukuro makes that little, toy guitar called a ukelele sing, weep, shred, and, ultimately, soar. If I weren't sitting twenty feet away from him, I would have taken comfort in the assumption that it was all smoke and mirrors. But this was not the case. His original songs are lyrical gems, and his covers of Bohemian Rhapsody and My Guitar Gently Weeps are mind-blowers. The evening was reassuring that those of us who have been doing this for a few decades still "got it," but that these young ones are not just flash and trash. A night of wonderful, musical joy. I'm still riding the high, and isn't that why we all make the effort to view music live?

Keswick Theatre @

- Glenside @

, PA @

- Sun, Apr 21, 2013 @

Favorite moment: Shimbakuro's "oh no, he didn't" trip up the fingerboard into unchartered pitches...(was he plucking above his strumming??) @

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Review 13 for Jake Shimabukuro

4 / 5

Leo Kottke stole the show.

Keswick Theatre @

- Glenside @

, PA @

- Sun, Apr 21, 2013 @

Opening act(s): leo kottke = awesome @

Posted 04/24/2013

by jpphilly

both of these gentlemen are amazing musicians, but leo's storytelling combined with his talent really stole the night for me.

Keswick Theatre @

- Glenside @

, PA @

- Sun, Apr 21, 2013 @

Opening act(s): leo kottke = awesome @

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Review 14 for Jake Shimabukuro

5 / 5

Jake Shimabukuro will knock your socks off!

Keswick Theatre @

- Glenside @

, PA @

- Sun, Apr 21, 2013 @

Favorite moment: When I realized that Jake was really getting into doing his own ukelele rock and roll solo for the song Dragon @

Posted 04/23/2013

by PeachPit

Location:Norristown PA

I have only seen jake perform one other time, but every single time it is unforgettable. The way that he performs live can't be captured in his recordings. He is just overtaken by the power of his music, and is completely immersed in it and just creates a new experience every single time he's on stage.
He is always so thankful and amazed by the response of the audience - one of the most humbly talented people I have ever seen perform.
Leo Kottke was great - his guitar skills are fantastic, and his stories are rambling but always funny!

Keswick Theatre @

- Glenside @

, PA @

- Sun, Apr 21, 2013 @

Favorite moment: When I realized that Jake was really getting into doing his own ukelele rock and roll solo for the song Dragon @

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Review 15 for Jake Shimabukuro

5 / 5

Flying fingers

Keswick Theatre @

- Glenside @

, PA @

- Sun, Apr 21, 2013 @

Posted 04/23/2013

by BeeBean

Location:Philadelphia suburbs

Leo Kottke opened the show with his fabulous fingerpicking, and Jake Shimabukuro closed it with ukelele pyrotechnics. I could have done without the light show - Jake can certainly mesmerize an audience without needing moving spotlights all over the stage - but the backdrop was very nice. The music created by both men was amazing, as I expected it to be.

Keswick Theatre @

- Glenside @

, PA @

- Sun, Apr 21, 2013 @

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Review 16 for Jake Shimabukuro

5 / 5

Jake Shimabukuro blew us away!

Keswick Theatre @

- Glenside @

, PA @

- Sun, Apr 21, 2013 @

Posted 04/23/2013

by snadylady

An amazing live performance by an unforgettable musician. You will be blown away by the music he makes and sounds he elicits from his ukele. A unique performance by a MASTER!

Keswick Theatre @

- Glenside @

, PA @

- Sun, Apr 21, 2013 @

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Review 17 for Jake Shimabukuro

4 / 5

Shimabukuro & Kottke - lose the light show

Keswick Theatre @

- Glenside @

, PA @

- Sun, Apr 21, 2013 @

Posted 04/23/2013

by pebee

Leo Kottke was extraordinary, as usual. A masterful musical performance which was completely enjoyable and punctuated by Leo's though provoking funny stories. .

Jake Shimabukuro is unique and supremely talented.. His virtuoso performance on the ukulele was awe inspiring. The sounds he produces on his instrument are simply beyond description or comparison. Terrific!!

Unfortunately, Jake's performance was diminished by a horribly distracting light show. The lighting/special effects were a combination of boring kinetic spinning light discs and rays of multi-colored moving lasers beams projected onto the walls and ceiling. There were also background lights of equally distracting high wattage displays. The bright lights shone directly into the eyes of many people in the audience which might account for so many people leaving the show well before the end. .

Keswick Theatre @

- Glenside @

, PA @

- Sun, Apr 21, 2013 @

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Review 18 for Jake Shimabukuro

5 / 5

What a show!

Keswick Theatre @

- Glenside @

, PA @

- Sun, Apr 21, 2013 @

Opening act(s): Leo was fabulous and love his stories too!!!! @

Posted 04/23/2013

by Mshairdoc

Location:Hatboro, Pa

I bought these tickets for my husband as one of his Christmas presents. We have been watching Jakes career take off since we came across his You Tube video years ago. We knew from the moment we saw him that he was special! We both thoroughly enjoyed the show and to have seen Leo Kottke along with him was the icing on the cake! The only thing that would have made the show better was if they had done a tune together!

Keswick Theatre @

- Glenside @

, PA @

- Sun, Apr 21, 2013 @

Opening act(s): Leo was fabulous and love his stories too!!!! @

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Review 19 for Jake Shimabukuro

5 / 5

Great Show!!!

Keswick Theatre @

- Glenside @

, PA @

- Sun, Apr 21, 2013 @

Favorite moment: Enjoyed Jake's versatility and ability to create awesome sounds from his 'Ukulele'! @

Setlist: Gentlemandolin, Missing Three, Ukulele Five-O @

Opening act(s): Leo Kottkee @

Posted 04/23/2013

by SheldonG

Location:Wynnewood

Leo was Good (as always).... Jake was totally amazing.... Great performance.... We look forward to seeing Jake again.

Keswick Theatre @

- Glenside @

, PA @

- Sun, Apr 21, 2013 @

Favorite moment: Enjoyed Jake's versatility and ability to create awesome sounds from his 'Ukulele'! @

Setlist: Gentlemandolin, Missing Three, Ukulele Five-O @

Opening act(s): Leo Kottkee @

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Review 20 for Jake Shimabukuro

5 / 5

Amazing

Keswick Theatre @

- Glenside @

, PA @

- Sun, Apr 21, 2013 @

Favorite moment: Jake's tribute to rock guitar legends is jaw dropping! @

Opening act(s): Leo Kottke (hard to say who should have opened for the other). @

Posted 04/23/2013

by Anonymous

I came for Leo Kottke and wasn't disappointed. Just an incredible talent. Hasn't lost a beat or a note in the 30+ years I've been listening to him. And then there's Jake. What can I say? Simply blown away by his energy and enthusiasm (and talent). He has taken the Uke to new heights that others will certainly try to follow but it's hard to imagine anyone bringing more to the stage.

Keswick Theatre @

- Glenside @

, PA @

- Sun, Apr 21, 2013 @

Favorite moment: Jake's tribute to rock guitar legends is jaw dropping! @

Opening act(s): Leo Kottke (hard to say who should have opened for the other). @

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