Mark Occhionero (Played at Mike DaSilva’s Studio in Berkeley and made a special broadcast from Boston to Berkeley, Ca for our second club meeting!) Pork Pie Hat Body & Soul Goodbye Pork Pie Hat When You’re Smiling BUC Lesson (When U Smilin’) Sleepy Eyes (At Mike DaSilva’s Studio) See YouTube for about 40 more Melvern […]

A series of video tutorials on strumming in French – but you’ll get the idea (thanks to Jeff for the heads up). Midnight Ukulele Disco has come up with another winner this week with a session from Hailey Wojcik. John Harris continues The Guardian’s championing of the ukulele. Apparently, Morrissey was a big fan of […]

Warren Zevon – Werewolves of London (Chords) Dead simple this one. There are only three chords (D, C and G) repeated over and over again. If you want something a bit more challenging, the piano riff fits quite nicely on the uke too. Buy Genius: The Best of Warren Zevon

I was watching another enlightening and inspiring tutorial by Mark Occhionero today, this time on Little Grass Shack (you can get the tab on the YouTube page). It set me off vamping around in a Hawaiian style (despite the freezing cold weather) and playing the most Hawaiian lick I know:the Hawaiian turnaround. In its simplest […]

Ghostbusters (Tab) Duet Midi Uke 1 Midi Uke 2 Midi This record is, as far as I remember, the third record I ever bought – after Chas ‘n’ Dave’s Snooker Loopy and Van Halen’s Why Can’t This Be Love (yeah, I was one of the cool kids). It might just be the nostalgia, but I […]

The Gothic Archies – Freakshow (Chords) I could let Halloween season pass without revisiting the Gothic Archies. The chords are fairly simple (so long as you’ve got the hang of playing Bb). The biggest challenge is keeping a straight face and a deadpan voice while singing lines like, “Real people question how someone took a […]

Stephin Merrit’s second song for Volvo (I’m In A Lonely Way) is up on YouTube. No ukulele on this one. But plenty of ukulele videos right here.

GUGUG Rawhide (Played on a TV Pal Plastic Ukulele) California Sun Exodus Man in the Street Tequila Keonepax – Yellow Bird Honey & Bosko – Girl from Ipenema Lauren Beller & Band A fun loving little trio Laughing Will Smith & Stefan Raab (Germany Interview / Comedy) Claudia Goddard, Rush Kress Patsy Monteleone, Gio Gaynor […]

This week, The Guardian ran a story about the ukulele viciously murdering the recorder in schools. It’s run similar stories before but, for some reason, this one took hold and was picked up by BBC TV and radio, The Telegraph and even made it’s way across the Atlantic to the hipsters at Idolator. Kudos goes […]

If you find that the pink Mahalos just aren’t camp enough, you might treat yourself to a Tiki King designed Cowboy Fluke. Those with more refined tastes might prefer a Curly Mango Fluke (complete with pickup). Oh Kala, how you tempt me with your good looks and affordable price tag.