I think I should probably change the name now that YouTube have stolen it. Anyhoo, this week I was really impressed with Jake Wildwood. He’s put a whole load of old timey uke and non-uke videos up this week. You can download all his albums for free on his website. The Barnkickers – One Less […]
Archive for June, 2008
A question to anyone who has ever played a harp ukulele, does that extra bit make any difference to the sound? I suspect the sound is rather besides the point since they look so great. Black Bear have come up with a great looking Concert Harp ukulele. Another question: Does anyone know anything about Hudson […]
A bunch of ukulele links for you to check out.
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly’s recent ukulele session for Le Soir featured a cover of Justice’s D.A.N.C.E. and it was a bit of a cracker. The requests came in and here it is. The first thing you’ll have to do to play this is to start attacking the tuning pegs. He’s in a tuning that […]
The second in the ‘What ukulele do they play?’ series. The good news: if you want to play the same ukuleles as Zach Condon, you won’t have to spend anywhere near as much as if you wanted Jake Shimabukuro’s ukulele. They’re actually fairly bog-standard ukuleles, not that expensive and would be a good choice for […]
Basia Bulat – Before I Knew (Chords) UPDATE: YouTube are featuring ukulele videos today. And totally stealing my shit. More Canadian ukulele. Basia Bulat’s debut album, Oh, My Darling, kicks of with this short and sweet ukulele ditty. The intro is pretty simple. You’re just playing the G,C and E strings open and sliding down […]
Having founded the New York Ukulele Ensemble and the New York Ukulele Festival, Uke Jackson is a bit of a ukulele legend. His latest project is the musical Sex! Drugs! & Ukuleles! written with Ragtime musician and historian Terry Waldo. I drilled him for more info. Where did the idea for a ukulele musical come […]
Lyle Ritz, Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters – Tonight You Belong to Me (Tab/Chords) This is one of the definitive ukulele songs, yet it no two tab/chords seem to agree how to play it. There are at least two videos (1, 2) declaring that everyone else’s version are wrong and theirs is right. Well, everyone else […]
Videos this week from Kelli Rae Powell, The Jack Lords, Mark Occhionero and many more. Kelli Rae Powell – Some Bridges are Good to Burn
There’s a new book in the Jumpin’ Jim/Lyle Ritz Ukulele Masters series just out: Lyle Lite. As the name suggests, it’s aimed a little lower than his other books at the beginner/intermediate level. You can pick one up from FMM for $25, on Amazon for $18.80 (but they’re currently out of stock), or there’s one […]
