Kate Nash – Foundations (Chords) There’s no doubt about the highlight of last night’s Brit Awards; “You remember Kenzie? His little face beaming?” The Brit School love-in was getting a bit much. And it’s great to see one band willing to goad the powers that be into cutting their speech short. Having said that, I […]

Slides Slides are another method of moving between notes without re-picking the string. Slides are produced by picking one note then sliding along the string to the new note. Example 1 Slides are tabbed in a similar way to hammer-ons and pull-offs. They are shown with an arch between the two notes but they also […]

I got so many people emailing me about Beirut chords and when Saltatory was going to be back up, I decided it would be quicker just to set about tabbing the whole Beirut back catalogue. Gulag Orkestar (Chords) The first part of this tune is played very loosely, so it’s tricky to keep up with […]

Shigeto Takahashi – 12th Street Rag (mp3) Shigeto Takahashi – Lover (mp3) You can download a bunch more on the mp3 page of his website. This isn’t the first time I’ve mentioned Shigeto Takahashi, but he’s been a busy chap since then. He’s played his uke on top of Mt Fuji, at Yosamite, and at […]

Antsy Pants – Vampire (Chords) I’m off to see Juno this week and even if it doesn’t live up to the hype it’ll be worth sticking with it to the end to hear Antsy Pant’s ukulele tune Vampire. Antsy Pants started life as a collaboration between anti-folker and Moldy Peach Kimya Dawson and twelve year […]

James Hill and his imaginary friends, Dent May and his Magnificent Ukulele, bolomusic and his two necks and plenty more.

Ukulele Review will be launching a competition today. There’ll be three concert Fleas up for grabs along with a whole load of other goodies (including my ebooks – which are, of course, the real draw). Make sure you stay tuned for it. Uke Thingy has been knocking out ukulele tabs for classic guitar riffs including […]

Am I shallow for judging ukuleles almost entirely by how sexy their headstock is? Clockwise from top left: Martin 3K: It’s a classic shape. Sharp, sleek and sexy. Been ripped of a million times. Gibson Mele ukulele Inelegant in comparison. Fluke: Part of the rip it up and start again approach of the Fluke. One […]

Beirut – Transatlantique (Chords) Transatlantique (sometimes referred to as Transatlantic) is tucked away on the Elephant Gun EP – which is pretty hard to find itself. The only place I’ve found it available is on on eMusic. That’s a real shame as it’s one of my favourite Beirut songs – and, judging by the number […]

I’ve had a few people asking me if I could put some of their tabs up on Uke Hunt. I’d like to keep the main bit of Uke Hunt for my stuff, so I’ve set up a new area where people can upload their own: Uker Tabs You can put tab or chords up in […]