The blog of Durham Ukulele Club has chords and mp3s for some classic tunes. A Noob and his Uke: The ukulele world seen through the eyes of a newbie. Lars Larsson’s themed guide to the best uke videos on YouTube. (The forum was having some decidedly NSFW spam problems earlier in the week so tread […]

British Pathe made 3,500 hours worth of newsreels and ‘cinemagazines’ and have made their achieve available for download – free for low quality clips. They have everything from huge historical events to oddities and have a grand total of 29 ukulele clips. Here’s a round up of what you can grab. Harry and Max Nesbitt […]

“I’m not sure how to end the song.” “Stop playing. If you keep playing, for some reason, people think the song is still going.” You reach the end of a song and what do you do? You could just stop. The outro is a great opportunity for a bit of musical invention, as a way […]

Beirut – The Penalty (Chords) The standout track on The Flying Club Cup as far as I’m concerned – although I am completely biased in any matter that involves ukuleles – is the uke lead tune The Penalty. The first thing to notice in the chords for the song is that there are three different […]

Beirut’s debut album Gulag Orkestar and single Elephant Gun established Zach Condon as one of the biggest stars of alternative, indie ukulele. On his new album, The Flying Club Cup, he delivers only two new uke heavy songs – The Penalty and St. Apollonia – but both are instant classics. The new album suggests that […]

The King Blues – Mr Music Man Demo (mp3) via KingBlues.com This ukulele kills fascits. In a world where popstars fly halfway around the world in their private jets to tell us not to leave our TVs on standby, you’d be forgiven for dismissing any musician with political pretentions. The King Blues are a polemical, […]

Britney Spears/sweetafton23 – Toxic (Tab) I’m quite ashamed to be mentioning Britney Spears for the second time on this blog, but the quality of this ukulele version of Toxic didn’t really leave me with much choice. She does a great job of cramming all the essential parts onto the uke. The most challenging part of […]

For those of you jonesing for some uke talk, here’s a list of every ukulele forum I’m aware of: 4th Peg ezFolk Flea Market Music King David Ukulele Station Forum – Francophone. My Dog Has Flea – a young French forum. The Uke UkeClub.nl – In Dutch. Ukemaker Uke Surfer (RISA) – In German and […]

The big news this week is that Mark ‘JazzUkes’ Occhionero has made public a series of instructional ukulele videos. These are absolutely jam packed with great tips and fancy chord move. You can get the tab for a number of his arrangements at his website. Get your weekly dose of the best ukulele videos over […]

I’ve started bookmarking ukulele related sites I come across on Uke Hunt’s Tumblr. Mainly for my own reference but there will be plenty of uke related stuff there if you’re interested. Ukulele warm up exercises on DoctorTrey. Colorado Ukulele Festival February 9th 2008. 10 steps to ukulele madness from the Ukulele Allstars. Banjo-lele blog in […]