{"id":2178541,"date":"2025-11-27T06:34:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T06:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2178541"},"modified":"2025-11-27T06:34:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T06:34:22","slug":"%ca%bbukulele-virtuoso-taimane-expresses-gratitude-in-new-music-performances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/%ca%bbukulele-virtuoso-taimane-expresses-gratitude-in-new-music-performances\/","title":{"rendered":"\u02bbUkulele virtuoso Taimane expresses gratitude in new music, performances"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u02bbUkulele virtuoso <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/taimane.com\/\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\">Taimane<\/a> has a lot to be thankful for. This summer she performed with the San Francisco Symphony before some 25,000 concertgoers. Her latest single and music video, called \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/taimane.com\/pikake-princess\/\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\">P\u012bkake Princess<\/a>,\u201d honors Princess Ka\u02bbiulani and is out on major streaming platforms. <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enh\" data-align-right=\"\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Addams Family Theme Song in Minor Key - On Ukulele\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Dv0UmcV23Zs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>She was also on the national airwaves as a guest on the NPR show &#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/10\/11\/nx-s1-5571110\/ukulele-virtuoso-taimane-talks-busking-in-hawaii-and-serenades-peter-and-the-panel\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\">Wait Wait&#8230; Don\u2019t Tell Me!<\/a>&#8221; \u2014 recorded in front of a live audience in Honolulu last month.<\/p>\n<p>The Conversation caught up with Taimane to talk story and enjoy some impromptu tunes during this season of gratitude. She started off by playing a song she calls \u201cCreating As We Go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>Taimane will be performing at <\/i><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotejazz.com\/hawaii\/tm-event\/taimane-her-band\/\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Blue Note Hawaii<\/i><\/a><i> on Nov. 29 at 3 p.m. She will also be performing on Kaua\u02bbi for the first time in nine years on Jan. 2, 2026. <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Her rendition of Joni Mitchell\u2019s \u201cBig Yellow Taxi\u201d during this year\u2019s Hawai\u02bbi International Film Festival was featured in the documentary \u201cA Paradise Lost.\u201d <\/i><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/taimane.com\/big-yellow-taxi\/\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Listen here<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i> <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enh\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<figure class=\"Figure\">\n<picture><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"420\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/763c58c\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/5138x3990+0+0\/resize\/840x652!\/format\/webp\/quality\/90\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ff1%2F22%2F87870e674bba9f0acc59e6e6c4de%2Fimg-0687.JPG 2x\" data-size=\"fallbackImageSizeMobile\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" width=\"420\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/eb1fe4d\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/5138x3990+0+0\/resize\/420x326!\/quality\/90\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ff1%2F22%2F87870e674bba9f0acc59e6e6c4de%2Fimg-0687.JPG\" data-size=\"fallbackImageSizeMobile\"\/><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"880\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/51afba4\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/5138x3990+0+0\/resize\/1760x1366!\/format\/webp\/quality\/90\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ff1%2F22%2F87870e674bba9f0acc59e6e6c4de%2Fimg-0687.JPG 2x\" data-size=\"fallbackImageSize\"\/><source width=\"880\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/19b0047\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/5138x3990+0+0\/resize\/880x683!\/quality\/90\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ff1%2F22%2F87870e674bba9f0acc59e6e6c4de%2Fimg-0687.JPG\" data-size=\"fallbackImageSize\"\/><\/p>\n<\/picture>\n<div class=\"Figure-content\"><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\">HPR&#8217;s Lillian Tsang with Taimane. <\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><i>This story aired on\u00a0<\/i><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaiipublicradio.org\/podcast\/the-conversation\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\"><i>The Conversation<\/i><\/a><i>\u00a0on Nov. 26, 2025. The Conversation airs weekdays at 11 a.m.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '1052616578613966',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.hawaiipublicradio.org \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u02bbUkulele virtuoso Taimane has a lot to be thankful for. This summer she performed with the San Francisco Symphony before some 25,000 concertgoers. Her latest single and music video, called \u201cP\u012bkake Princess,\u201d honors Princess Ka\u02bbiulani and is out on major streaming platforms. 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