Archive for 2008

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Redux)

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Tab) The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (midi) If you’ve been following Uke Hunt a while, you’ll know I have a love of theme tunes. I’ve also had quite a few requests for theme tunes. So, for the near future at least, Sunday is going to be […]

Internet Ukulele Video of the Year 2007: Vote

The nominations are in. I’ve weighed and measured them. I’ve made up the rules as I’ve gone along. Here are the nominees: Bosko and Honey – Fingerpickin’ Love In Gallier – Bushman ukulelen videocontest GUGUG – Blitzkrieg Bop Heftone – The Entertainer John King – Bach Prelude John Rockwell – re: Your Brains Seeso – […]

Friday Links

If you’ve tried to sign up for the mailing list in the last couple of weeks and encountered problems, it should all be back up and working. If you’re still having problems, let me know and I’ll cry some more then try to sort them out. <tangent>I haven’t been entirely happy with the people I’m […]

Noah and the Whale – Five Years Time

Noah and the Whale – Five Years Time (Chords) Sometimes you choose a job, and sometimes a job chooses you. I’m guessing when it came time for the BBC to get a correspondent to follow Greenpeace’s attempts to stop Japanese whale hunting – Jonah found himself in the latter position. Whether or not their name […]

Ukulele 101: How to Read Ukulele Tab Part 2

Rhythm Tabs vary with how much information they give about rhythm. Some tab you’ll see won’t have any rhythm indicated at all and will expect you to get the rhythm by listening to a recording. Some will have a vague indication of rhythm given by the distance between notes. Some will have tab and standard […]

Soko – Dandy Cowboys

Soko – Dandy Cowboys (Chords) As well as winning the always fiercely contested ‘French Girl I’ve Got The Biggest Crush On of the Year’ award, her debut release Not Sokute was the best EP of the year. The lead song from the EP I’ll Kill Her should have been massive everywhere. As it happens, it […]

Paula Fuga

Paula Fuga – Lilikoi (Live)(mp3) Paula Fuga – Loloiwi (Live)(mp3) Paula Fuga – Queen (Live)(mp3) via Paula Fuga Music. Female Hawaiian singers are something of an acquired taste. The traditional yodelling and vocal ululations aren’t the most commercial sounds in the world. But Paula Fuga has a voice that is set to do for female […]

Flight of the Conchords – Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros

Flight of the Conchords – Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros (Chords) I thought I’d kick of 2008 with a series of posts on a random selection of my favourite things and notable events from 2007. My viewing habits would suggest that Heroes was my favourite TV show of last year. I got insanely addicted to it; I […]

Internet Ukulele Video of the Year: Make Your Nominations

What’s your favourite ukulele video of 2007? Next Saturday I’ll be launching a vote for the best online ukulele video. Here’s your chance to nominate up to five for consideration for the final vote. The ones with the most nominations will go forward to the big vote (if there are no clear leaders, I’ll make […]

Friday Links

Buy Ukulele now has a blog reviewing various ukulele products. The Ukulizer is a ukulele chord site with some nifty gubbins allowing to switch from D to C tuning or transpose at the click of a button. The end of Eilidh’s Daily Ukulele Ceilidh got plenty of press coverage. Most of it pedestrian and some […]

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