Friday Links

There’s a new French record label dedicated to ukulele music Ukulele Division. They have their own releases as well as imports by the likes of Victoria Vox and the New York Ukulele Ensemble.

Roger at Buke has really been knocking out the baritone ukulele tabs of late.

Lots of ukulele cover love on the mp3 blogs. Best of all, Turn the Page has a live mp3 of Zach ‘Mr Beirut’ Condon playing Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah live. LA-Underground has Ema and the Ghosts covering Fulsom Prison Blues. And Highrize has Dan Kelly doing Nothing Compares to You.

Nellie McKay with Ryan Adams on David Letterman (on the second song).

Fiddly-day-dee-da. It’s a site dedicated to the Irish Ukulele, so it is.

ukulele orchestra great britain kaiser chiefs electric promsMore ukes at the Electric Proms this week. The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain joined the Kaiser Chiefs for a rendition of Ruby. You can watch the performance here.

New Magnetic Fields album, Distortion, is on the horizon.

The Wowzies sing Ukulele Island.

Sheik Uke Al-Hilaly: a painted uke by Joel Tarling.

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