Des Cordes et du Bois is a French ukulele tab blog with some really good arrangements. Plenty of classical music and theme tunes. This week’s Uker Tabs: Tom Dooley and Smokey & the Bandit. John King is really pumping out the blog posts now. His latest covers the Hawaiian royal family and their ukes and […]

What do you think of ukuleles that look like guitars? apeing Obviously, most ukuleles look somewhat like guitars. But some ukuleles consciously ape the look of certain guitars. The most obvious example is Kiwaya‘s K-Wave series. The series includes the Kiwaya K-Wave Telecaster and the Kiwaya K-Wave Gibson Les Paul. I’m not sure why they […]

Whiskey in the Jar/Kilgary Mountains (Tab) Fiddly-day-dee-dar, it’s nearly St Patrick’s day. So it is. Me fah-vorite goup is T’in Lizzy. So it is. That’s enough of that. The song Kilgary Mountain is a traditional Irish song that has been picked up by acts from the likes of Peter, Paul and Mary and Roger Whittaker […]

Advanced Repeats There are a vast array of Italian scribblings and scrawlings, and Heroes style symbols that can be used to indicate repeats. Here are the most common. Whereas the other form of repeats is fairly intuitive, this type is pretty indecipherable (unless you happen to be fluent in Italian). The first time round, you […]

Nantes (Chords) Other than faffing about with a capo, it’s dead easy. Dm – C – F all the way through. A Sunday Smile (Chords) There’s a really great uke-heavy version of Sunday Smile on flyclubcup.com. It has the same basic chords as the album version, but uses different inversions. Guyamas Sonora Another capo-at-the-first-fret tune. […]

Share – Bluebird (mp3) Share – Shangri-La (mp3) Download the whole album free from Forward Music When I tell you Share are from Halifax, Nova Scotia, you’d be forgiven for assuming they’re J. Chalmers Doane alumni making virtuoso instrumental uke tracks. You’d be completely wrong. Share started out as the solo project of Andrew Sisk. […]

Yael Naim – New Soul (Chords) Yael Naim‘s New Soul is best known as the music accompanying the MacBook Air ad, but the first time I came across it was on Le Soir’s ukulele sessions. That part of the session has since been replaced by the second half, but you can still enjoy the ukulele […]

This weeks best vids include Elvis Costello, Ernie the Cockroach and two from my latest ukulele crush Kate Micucci

Jake Shimabukuro and his haircut appear on Conan O’Brien. Is Conan gargantuan or is Jake the size of an Action Man? The Paris Uke Fest will be taking place on the 30th and 31st May. The lineup includes Victoria Vox and Michael Wagner. You already know that weePop! is my favourite record label, but now […]

Martin ukuleles are probably the most sought after brand of ukulele around. It’s many ukers’ dream to come across a vintage Martin ukulele at a car boot sale for a tenner. You’ll often see the ukenoscenti throw around the names of different styles of ukulele, so I thought I’d knock together a quick and easy […]