TUNE-IN: A Prairie Home Companion Ushers in 2012 With Ukulele Master Jake Shimabukuro | Shore Fire Media

29 December, 2011Print

TUNE-IN: A Prairie Home Companion Ushers in 2012 With Ukulele Master Jake Shimabukuro


On Saturday, December 31, Jake Shimabukuro & his incomparable ukulele playing will celebrate 2012 with two performances on Garrison Keillor’s New Year’s Eve Prairie Home Companion Special.
 
Shimabukuro will join Prairie Home Companion at Honolulu’s Blaisdell Concert Hall for the weekly APHC broadcast at 6PM Eastern Time/1PM Hawaii Time as well as an additional New Year’s Eve special to broadcast at 10PM Eastern Time/5PM Hawaii Time. For more details:http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/

Rolling Stone has hailed Shimabukuro as the "best ukulele hero" and Eddie Vedder said that "Jake is taking the instrument to a place that I can't see anybody else catching up with him."

Shimabukuro will also be featured on an upcoming 30-minute episode of CNN's "The Next List" airing Sunday, January 8th at 2PM Eastern Time:http://tinyurl.com/c8xqesx
 
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For more information on Jake Shimabukuro please contact Rebecca Shapiro (rshapiro@shorefire.com) Lauretta Charlton (lcharlton@shorefire.com) or Josh Page (jpage@shorefire.com) at Shore Fire Media, 718-522-7171.