The Moonlighters – My Blackbirds Are Bluebirds Now (mp3) The Moonlighters – Hello Heartstring (mp3) via blissblood.com As much as I enjoyed Bust Magazine’s uku-ladies, there was a glaring omission. Writing about female ukers and not mentioning Bliss Blood is like listing the chalcogens and not mentioning tellurium – unforgivable. Bliss Blood sings in a […]

Jake Shimabukuro‘s version of George Harrison’s While My Guitar Gently Weeps is deservedly the most popular ukulele video on YouTube. It accounts for three of the top five most viewed videos. Unsurprisingly, this has lead many others to record their version of the tune. Which would be great if they didn’t all try to ape […]

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Moonlitkitty of the essential ye-ye girl blog Spiked Candy got in touch with me today to let me know that Bust Magazine has an article dedicated to the distaff side of ukulele. It features a number of acts that are well worth checking out: Lady Carol (of the Moon): I’ve already featured Lady Carol and […]

400 kids and Jack Johnson attempt to break the record for most ukuleles played at once. See the video evidence here. The record may not last long. From what I can make out, the Yokohama Hawai’i Festival are planning to have 1,000 people ukeing at once this weekend. Someone should tell the San Diego Ukulele […]

I ran across the chords for Popeye the Sailor Man on Alligator Boogaloo and decided I had to work out the tune. This is the easiest way to play it: But if you play it like this: You can mix it up with this tune and everyone who hears it will instantly fall in love […]

The art ukulele by Amy Crehore that I mentioned on Friday caused a bit of a stir on the intertubes after it was picked up by Boing Boing, so I thought I’d take a look at some of the other b-uke-iful creations out there. My personal favourite is this uke by Christoph Mueller. Hank Williams […]

GUGUG – Ruby (Chords) Whenever I spot Gus and Fin in my YouTube Subscriptions I get as excited as a sack full of hyperactive puppies. They are certainly the most punk ukulele players around. As well as the fantastic sound they make, the editing of the videos adds another dimension. So much so that it’s […]

Rabbit Muse – Sixty Minute Man (mp3) Rabbit Muse – Rocking Chair Blues (mp3) via Digital Library of Appalachia The blues isn’t a genre you immediately associate with the ukulele but the popularity of the blues and the ukulele coincided in the 1930’s and a few, most notably Papa Charlie Jackson and Geeshie Wiley, picked […]

Baby Elephant Walk Duet (Tab) Baby Elephant Walk Duet (MIDI) I know it’s starting to look like I’m tabbing the score to the entire 18 series of the Simpsons, but it’s only a coincidence. This tune was written by Henry Mancini for the film Hatari! to depict the lumbering and unsteady movements of large, unwieldy […]