Jake Shimabukuro & Mick Fleetwood - Blues Experience
FYC Contemporary Blues Album

ABOUT

Since gaining prominence in the early 2000’s, ukulele marvel Jake Shimabukuro has mesmerized audiences with his innovative and dynamic style, taking the instrument to dizzying new heights. Over a dozen solo albums, Shimabukuro has shown a knack for moving effortlessly between genres, sometimes in the same song.

For his brand-new project Blues Experience, Shimabukuro joins forces with his friend, drumming legend and founding member of Fleetwood Mac, Mick Fleetwood, to create a fresh new take on the Blues. The result is something exhilarating and unique, as these two titans of their instruments reinterpret some of the greatest songs written by some of their favorite songwriters in a Blues setting.

Shimabukuro has played the world’s most venerable venues, from The Hollywood Bowl to Lincoln Center to the Sydney Opera House and collaborated with some of the world’s greatest musicians, including Yo-Yo Ma, Bela Fleck, Jimmy Buffett, Jack Johnson, Ziggy Marley, Sonny Landreth, Billy Strings, Willie Nelson and Warren Haynes. In 2021 he was nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as a Member for the National Council on the Arts.

CRITICAL PRAISE

“Extraordinary stuff!” - Mojo
“Every track on Blues Experience is a shining gem.” - Living Blues
“Experimental and other worldly” - Relix
“With Shimabukuro, the ukulele has found its Eric Clapton.” – San Jose Mercury News
“Jake Shimabukuro is a force to be reckoned with.” – National Geographic
“One of the hottest axmen of the past few years doesn’t actually play guitar.” – Rolling Stone
“Forget everything you know about the ukulele” – Time
“Jake is taking the instrument to a place that I can’t see anybody else catching up with.” - Eddie Vedder, Pearl Jam
“What Béla Fleck is to the banjo, Jake Shimabukuro is to the ukulele.” – The Arts Fuse