It’s not often I get to do a ‘where are they now?’ on a ukulele I’ve featured in this section. A few weeks ago, I was admiring this Weissenborn ukulele on eBay. I’m happy to report it’s found a good home. It was bought by luthier Scott MacDonald. He’s patched up the uke’s rope binding […]

The New York Uke Fest is officially up and running. You can check out the running order here and read a dubious letter of welcome from the Mayor of New York here. I’ve mentioned a few times that WeePOP! Records is officially my favourite record label at the moment. So it’s sad news that their […]

Stairway to Heaven is undoubtedly the worst Led Zeppelin song there is and a strong contender for worst song of all time. “If there’s a bustle in your hedgerow don’t be alarmed/It’s just a spring clean for the May Queen.” Nevertheless, everyone has to learn to play the intro. I think it’s in the Bible. […]

I’ve been bashing away at this blog for 11 months now. In that time I’ve amassed around 350 posts. That’s way too many for people to sift through, so here’s a quick list of my most popular posts (and after that some posts for people who are new to the uke as well as to […]

Portishead – Deep Water (Chords) Portishead doing a song on the ukulele? Surely an April Fools joke? No. True fact. You won’t find any April Fools jokes on here. I find scheduled anarchy rather dispiriting. I prefer to parcel out misinformation all year round. What’s the April Fools version of Scrooge? As Andy pointed out, […]