November 20, 2009 · 2 Comments
I’m a bit confused about what Washburn are playing at. They used to make ukes under the name ‘Lyon and Healy’, then they syphoned off the ukuleles to their ‘folk instrument’ section Oscar Schmidt. And now they’re selling ukuleles as Washburn Lyon. And they seem to be exactly the same as the Oscar Schmidt ukuleles. If there’s a difference between that uke and the Oscar Schmidt koa, I can’t spot it. You don’t see many leopard skin Flukes around. I suspect those bleeding-heart... [Read the full story]
November 18, 2009 · 1 Comment
Winin’ Boy (Tab) via DaddyStovepipe.com Daddy Stovepipe’s bluesy ukulele videos are a favourite of mine and he’s recently tabbed up one of his tunes. So I took the opportunity to throw a few questions at him. What’s your musical history? How did you come by the uke? I started playing blues fingerpicking guitar when I was 16 years old; I mostly learned from records and with the help of the Stefan Grossman tablature books. The reissue label Yazoo, specialised in blues music recorded between 1926-32... [Read the full story]
November 19, 2009 · 7 Comments
Dent May and his Magnificent Ukulele – Love Song 2009 (Chords) You have to be comfortable with a very high level of camp to play a cowboy Fluke. I think Dent May is the man for that job. Requested by Fiona. Read More →
November 16, 2009 · 4 Comments
PocketFox – No One Knows (MP3) Pockets – The Final Countdown (MP3) Pockets – A Fake (Ukulele Empire) (MP3) via Mmm… Fruity Me when first seeing this video: Hmmm, kazookeylele. Nice gimmick. We’ll never hear from him again. You can download a whole pile of his stuff (and as half of PocketFox) on Mmm… Fruity. Read More →
November 20, 2009 · 2 Comments
I’m a bit confused about what Washburn are playing at. They used to make ukes under the name ‘Lyon and Healy’, then they syphoned off the ukuleles to their ‘folk instrument’ section Oscar Schmidt. And now they’re selling ukuleles as Washburn Lyon. And they seem to be exactly the same as the Oscar Schmidt ukuleles. If there’s a difference between that uke and the Oscar Schmidt koa, I can’t spot it. You don’t see many leopard skin Flukes around. I suspect those bleeding-heart... [Read the full story]
October 7, 2009 · 6 Comments
Arranging tunes for the ukulele is obviously a subject close to my heart so when Michael (who you may know as LStrachey and reyalpEleluku on YouTube) asked me to look over the draft of his book Make Your Own Chord Solos I jumped at the chance. It’s now available and it’s an excellent little guide to the process and well worth looking at if you want to start making your own arrangements. I asked Michael a for a few pointers on arranging for ukulele. What is your number one tip for creating ukulele chord solos? Number... [Read the full story]
November 14, 2009 · 21 Comments
After a bit of a male dominated week last week, the girls are back in force I was originally going to post Via Tanya’s video for Wonder Stranger but the version she did for Shoot the Player. Also this week: Sophie Madeleine doing my second favourite song of hers for a Crypt session (watch the whole session in dazzling HD here), Victoria Vox previewing a song from her next album and plenty more. [Read the full story] Read More →
November 20, 2009 · 2 Comments
You can pre-order your copy of The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain’s already legendary Proms performance on their website and watch a clip of it here. New Zealand builds a human ukulele out of 961 kids and set a new world record. Der Spiegal talks about the London ukulele scene (the entertainingly translated version) with Tricity Vogue, Eleanor from the “BonnyMcGees” and Mighty Ukulele who list the ukulele events in London. Rolf Harris’s ukulele Christmas song. (Thanks – sort of – to... [Read the full story]
November 4, 2009 · 8 Comments
Since the great blog disaster, the ‘Recent Comments’ block in the sidebar has been out of action. It’s a shame since many of the comments are a lot more interesting than the junk I write. So from now on I’ll be highlighting a few, fairly randomly selected, comments in the Friday Links posts. Here a few to start off beginning with a comment about comments. Very meta. LonnaB: Hey, Woodshed, just to be clear, do you have any rules about comments left on the blog? Have you ever removed someone’s post... [Read the full story]
Ukulele Strumming: My latest ebook will whip your rhythm into shape and slay your strumming gremlins.
You can find out more and buy it here How to Play Ukulele Strums.
Winin’ Boy (Tab) via DaddyStovepipe.com Daddy Stovepipe’s bluesy ukulele videos are a favourite of mine and he’s recently tabbed up one of his tunes. So I took... [Read more]
Dent May and his Magnificent Ukulele – Love Song 2009 (Chords) You have to be comfortable with a very high level of camp to play a cowboy Fluke. I think Dent May is the... [Read more]
I’m a bit confused about what Washburn are playing at. They used to make ukes under the name ‘Lyon and Healy’, then they syphoned off... [Read more]
You can pre-order your copy of The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain’s already legendary Proms performance on their website and watch a clip of... [Read more]
Dent May and his Magnificent Ukulele – Love Song 2009 (Chords) You have to be comfortable with a very high level of camp to play a cowboy Fluke.... [Read more]
Winin’ Boy (Tab) via DaddyStovepipe.com Daddy Stovepipe’s bluesy ukulele videos are a favourite of mine and he’s recently tabbed up... [Read more]