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 […]

Sean Kingston – Beautiful Girls (chords) If we’d had a summer this year rather than floods and tornadoes, this would have been the hit of the summer. The song samples Stand By Me, so you can learn two chord progressions for the price of one. It also makes it well worth learning to play the […]

Ballad of Gilligan’s Isle (tab) There are many American shows I know only by their parodies on other American shows. The Captain and Tennille, Laverne and Shirley and Gilligan’s Island: I’ve sat, stone-faced, through parodies of them all. So when I was asked to tab out the intro to Gilligan’s Island I was a little […]

As they mentioned in their very first ukulele love-in, Bosko and Honey developed their uke playing a long way from other uke players and had never met another uke player before their sojourn to the New York Uke Fest. They’re planning to make up for that by spending most of next year touring the globe, […]