Ukulele Player.
Singer/Songwriter.
Grandson of the legendary musician Rafic Hobeika

I write songs with people and on my own.  I love the way a song can light a match and illuminate a story or a feeling or a character. I'm especially drawn to Americana and Country.

I spend every February writing at fawm.org (February Album Writing Month). It's a great place to hang out if you've ever wanted to sing, play, write, compose, listen, or discuss music. You can find me there as nancycunning.

 I've gotten to write with friends in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington Wisconsin, as well as Canada, France, England, Finland, Germany, and Peru.

I am a Ukulele and Viola player from Ann Arbor Michigan and was born in Kazakhstan in 2005. I have one younger brother and sometimes he and I do not get along. He was born in 2008 in the same country as me but in a different city and he likes sports and video games which is the complete opposite of what I like, which is music. My music career  started with the violin when I was 5 and switched to the viola in middle school because there were not enough viola players in our orchestra. Then in 2013 I bought my first ukulele from a music store in Ann Arbor Michigan called Oz's Music. Then a friend of my brother's dad asked me if I wanted to join the Ann Arbor ukulele club called the Tree Town Ukes and I said yes and loved it ever since. Then in 2020 when we shut down because of Covid 19 I was just finishing 8th grade and had to start doing school online. Then in my 9th grade year we had to still do school online but we had zoom classes with our teachers. Next thing I thought about what would be a fun thing to do with music online and that got me to start doing monthly ukulele livestream jams and concerts on my YouTube channel and sometimes had people join but not every month. Then in 2022 I was in 10th grade and started going to a teen place in downtown Ann Arbor Michigan called the Neutral Zone and have learned to use a loop pedal and preformed at a lot of events there including some of the open mics and am working on adding the other instruments to my original song and hope to record it in the studio they have at the Neutral Zone. Then in January of 2023 I had submitted a video audition of my original song for the Detroit Youth Choir and got an email saying they wanted me to come for an in person audition and did and got in and started rehearsals twice a week learning the singing and choreography for the spring show. It was a lot of fun but after about 6 months they asked me to start working on my dancing and that’s when I decided to quit the group and move on. It was a big decision but I’m so glad I tried it and could focus on fishing high school. Then the year after that I got a chance to record my first original song in the studio at the Neutral Zone and is now on spotify. In the spring of 2024 I had my graduation high school ceremony at the Eastern Michigan University which is where I’m at now and will be for the next 4 years. I am now at Eastern Michigan University studying music therapy, in the university orchestra,learning the piano, hanging out with my new friends I met in my first school year of college. I hope to do and get more opportunities to perform and do great things in my near future.

Upcoming Gigs

<a href='http://crd.fm/6sd'>Noah Guthrie // The Ruby Lounge // Sat 17 September, The Ruby Lounge</a>
Sat 17th Sep
<a href='http://crd.fm/76r'>Lovely . Dubbly . 001 Feat Earl Gateshead // The Ruby Lounge // Wed 21 Sept, The Ruby Lounge</a>
Wed 21st Sep
<a href='http://crd.fm/6xQ'>The Spitfires // The Ruby Lounge // Sat 24 Nov, The Ruby Lounge</a>
Sat 24th Sep
<a href='http://crd.fm/77x'>Strangest Things // The Ruby Lounge // Wed 28 Sept, The Ruby Lounge</a>
Wed 28th Sep
<a href='http://crd.fm/6xa'>Louis Barabbas & The Bedlam Six // The Ruby Lounge // Fri 30 Sept, The Ruby Lounge</a>
Fri 30th Sep
<a href='http://crd.fm/6rI'>Il Sogno Del Marinaio // The Ruby Lounge // Sun 2 Oct, The Ruby Lounge</a>
Sun 2nd Oct
<a href='http://crd.fm/6TP'>The Beat starring Dave Wakeling // The Ruby Lounge Mon 3 Oct, The Ruby Lounge</a>
Mon 3rd Oct
<a href='http://crd.fm/6qI'>Skinny Lister // The Ruby Lounge // Wed 5 Oct, The Ruby Lounge</a>
Wed 5th Oct
<a href='http://crd.fm/6eT'>The Birthday Massacre // The Ruby Lounge // Thu 6 Oct, The Ruby Lounge</a>
Thu 6th Oct
<a href='http://crd.fm/71E'>Lioness - The Amy Winehouse Experience // The Ruby Lounge // Fri 7 Oct, The Ruby Lounge</a>
Fri 7th Oct
<a href='http://crd.fm/6v0'>21st Annual Rory Gallagher Tribute Concert // The Ruby Lounge // Sat 8 Oct, The Ruby Lounge</a>
Sat 8th Oct
<a href='http://crd.fm/6y9'>Yob // The Ruby Lounge // Mon 10 Oct, The Ruby Lounge</a>
Mon 10th Oct
<a href='http://crd.fm/78H'>Matt Andersen // The Ruby Lounge // Wed 12 Oct, The Ruby Lounge</a>
Wed 12th Oct
<a href='http://crd.fm/71O'>The Rainkings // The Ruby Lounge // Thu 13 Oct, The Ruby Lounge</a>
Thu 13th Oct
<a href='http://crd.fm/6xL'>CC Smugglers // The Ruby Lounge // Sat 15 Oct, The Ruby Lounge</a>
Sat 15th Oct
<a href='http://crd.fm/6wj'>The Beards Farewell Tour // The Ruby Lounge // Mon 17 Oct , The Ruby Lounge</a>
Mon 17th Oct
<a href='http://crd.fm/6Rw'>Aquilo // The Ruby Lounge // Tue 26 April, The Ruby Lounge</a>
Wed 19th Oct
<a href='http://crd.fm/78C'>Modern Family Unit // The Ruby Lounge // Thu 20 Oct, The Ruby Lounge</a>
Thu 20th Oct
<a href='http://crd.fm/6ya'>Dub Pistols // The Ruby Lounge // Fri 21 Oct, The Ruby Lounge</a>
Fri 21st Oct
<a href='http://crd.fm/6zN'>The Jimi Hendrix Re-Experience // The Ruby Lounge // Sat 22 Oct, The Ruby Lounge</a>
Sat 22nd Oct
<a href='http://crd.fm/6y4'>Cabbage // The Ruby Lounge // Fri 28 Oct, The Ruby Lounge</a>
Fri 28th Oct
<a href='http://crd.fm/75O'>Lil Dicky // The Ruby Lounge // Thu 3 Nov, The Ruby Lounge</a>
Thu 3rd Nov
<a href='http://crd.fm/765'>Off The Record // The Ruby Lounge // Fri 4 Nov, The Ruby Lounge</a>
Fri 4th Nov
<a href='http://crd.fm/76X'>The High // The Ruby Lounge // Sat 5 Nov, The Ruby Lounge</a>
Sat 5th Nov
<a href='http://crd.fm/76A'>Earth // The Ruby Lounge // Wed 9 Nov, The Ruby Lounge</a>
Wed 9th Nov
<a href='http://crd.fm/795'>Canter Semper // The Ruby Lounge // Thu 10 Nov, The Ruby Lounge</a>
Thu 10th Nov
<a href='http://crd.fm/6v5'>Balaam and the Angel // The Ruby Lounge // Fri 11 Nov, The Ruby Lounge</a>
Fri 11th Nov
<a href='http://crd.fm/6eY'>Scott Matthews // The Ruby Lounge // Sat 12 Nov, The Ruby Lounge</a>
Sat 12th Nov
<a href='http://crd.fm/6vr'>Ryley Walker // The Ruby Lounge // Mon 14 Nov, The Ruby Lounge</a>
Mon 14th Nov
<a href='http://crd.fm/729'>Applewood Road // The Ruby Lounge // Tue 15 Nov, The Ruby Lounge</a>
Tue 15th Nov
<a href='http://crd.fm/6zS'>BC Camplight // The Ruby Lounge // Thu 17 Nov, The Ruby Lounge</a>
Thu 17th Nov
<a href='http://crd.fm/6D5'>NINE BELOW ZERO @ THE RUBY LOUNGE, The Ruby Lounge</a>
Sat 19th Nov
<a href='http://crd.fm/719'>The Jade Assembly // The Ruby Lounge // Sat 3 Dec, The Ruby Lounge</a>
Sat 3rd Dec
<a href='http://crd.fm/6xV'>Whiskey Myers // The Ruby Lounge // Mon 5 Dec, The Ruby Lounge</a>
Mon 5th Dec
<a href='http://crd.fm/77V'>Truckfighters // The Ruby Lounge // Thu 8 Dec, The Ruby Lounge</a>
Thu 8th Dec
<a href='http://crd.fm/77k'>The Icicle Works // The Ruby Lounge // Fri 9 dec, The Ruby Lounge</a>
Fri 9th Dec
<a href='http://crd.fm/78v'>Punks Music Takeover // The Ruby Lounge // Fri 9 Dec , The Ruby Lounge</a>
Fri 9th Dec
<a href='http://crd.fm/75Y'>A Winter Warming Land // The Ruby Lounge // Fri 16 Dec, The Ruby Lounge</a>
Fri 16th Dec
<a href='http://crd.fm/78R'>The Blue Aeroplanes // The Ruby Lounge // Wed 12 Jan, The Ruby Lounge</a>
Thu 12th Jan
<a href='http://crd.fm/790'>Beth Rowley // The Ruby Lounge // Fri 20 Jan, The Ruby Lounge</a>
Fri 20th Jan
<a href='http://crd.fm/76h'>Evil Scarecrow // The Ruby Lounge // Fri 27 Jan, The Ruby Lounge</a>
Fri 27th Jan
<a href='http://crd.fm/782'>Shovels & Rope // The Ruby Lounge // Sun 5 Feb, The Ruby Lounge</a>
Sun 5th Feb
<a href='http://crd.fm/76m'>Elvana // The Ruby Lounge // Sat 25 Feb, The Ruby Lounge</a>
Sat 25th Feb

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Hilo Greg is a singer, songwriter and ukulele player from Ann Arbor, Michigan. You may know him from the Tree Town Ukes or Motor City Ukes clubs. He has performed at Mighty Uke Day and other local festivals. 

Hilo Greg records offbeat originals and has released three collections to date: "Little Songs for Big Kids" (2010), "Ukulele Jam" (2012) and "Beer and Ukuleles" (2017). 

Originally from New York City, Hilo Greg got his start in The New York Ukulele Ensemble, before moving on to other projects, including Agent 99 and Ukes for Obama. 

Contact Hilo Greg via Soundcloud or Twitter.

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