Singing with a group of women brought back the nourishment that only making music with a group of people you’re in step with can provide Avowed ukulele lover George Harrison once wrote in a note to a ...

BETHESDA, MARYLAND — The unexpected versatility of the small Hawaiian guitar known as the ukulele was on display this month at the annual UkeFest, at the Strathmore arts center in Bethesda, Maryland.

John Gleeson plays guitar, banjo, clarinet, drums and bass. But his arthritis makes it difficult to handle some of those instruments. The ukulele, though, is a perfect fit. “It’s smaller in size so ...