HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Shawn Yacavone grew up surrounded by the ukulele. At home and at school, in parks and in friends’ houses — it was everywhere. “There’s always some music going on in the ...

IN HAWAIIAN, the word “ukulele” roughly translates to “jumping flea.” Twenty years ago, the flea bit Greenbrae’s Andy Roth, who now has one of the most historically important collections in the world.

These words are written on the body of a vintage ukulele pictured in a new documentary film on the instrument – one that many people may forever associate with Hawaiian holidays and Tiny Tim. About ...