In case you missed the link earlier in the week, Buke is a new website dedicated to the baritone ukulele with many tabs divided into elementary, intermediate and advanced. Stefans Ukulele is a Swedish uke site (written in Swedish and English) has some handy hints and tips, chordcharts and a very interesting article about taking […]

My latest tactic in combating UAS (ukulele acquisition syndrome) is to only look at ukuleles at the other side of at least 106.4 million square kilometres of water and which I couldn’t afford short of selling one of my uglier children into slavery. Here a few ukes currently causing me to dribble all over my […]

Le Freak midi Not all the best riffs come from hairy rockers. This funky disco gem has to be included in any list of great riffs. Put your curry-stained ‘Disco Sucks’ T-shirt away and grab a white suit. If Slash of Guns ‘n’ Roses can go for this song, so can you. Note: This arrangement […]

Fernando Carulli – Andante (Tab) Andante midi There was a brand new website launched on Monday dedicated to the big daddy of the ukulele world: the baritone uke. Buke already has a healthy collection of baritone ukulele tabs including classical pieces and Beatles tunes. As far as I’m aware, this is the first site solely […]

Satisfaction midi If you decide to cover (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction, you’ll certainly be in good company. It seems like all the world’s coolest musicians have covered this song: Otis Redding, Devo, PJ Harvey and Bjork, Cat Power and Judah Bauer, Amanda Palmer and Stevie Wonder.

Continuing the list of ukulele tracks you can get for free on eMusic. You can read all about how to get them in part one. Beirut 7. Elephant Gun 8. Postcards From Italy Indie-uke darling Zach Condon’s first album Gulag Orkestra and the Elephant Gun EP are both available on eMusic. These two tracks are […]

Ode To Joy (Tab) On Jen Kwok’s appearance on Midnight Ukulele Disco, she and Jason Tagg were discussing playing classical music on the ukulele. There has been quite a bit of classical music arranged for the uke. John King’s The Classical Ukulele and Wilfried Welti‘s arrangements (you can download his tab here) leap immediately to […]

Another bumper crop this week. Jake Shimabukuro’s performance at the SF Ukulele Festival, new Taimane clips and a number of videos from a ukulele get together in Dortmund with a whole bunch of Uke Hunt favourites. Not to mention some ukulele juggling. Watch more clips including Stephin Merritt reworking a kids’ classic and a GUGUG […]

It’s been a great couple of weeks for those of us who can’t get enough of the latest comedy ukulele sensation Jen Kwok and her sidekick Uke-icorn. She recorded a show on Midnight Ukulele Disco (check out the full show for the song Desert to the Sea, it’s incredible) and there’s a new edition of […]

I’m sure having a top ten list is going to kick off a bit of a debate. The fact is, I’m making the list up as I go along. So, if you want to influence what gets in there or if you just want to call me an empty headed, bat-faeces speckled dolt for my […]