Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra – It’s a Heartache (Chords) You can hear this track on their MySpace. I thought I hated this song. What I actually hated was Bonnie Tyler’s voice because I love the version by WIUO, everyone’s favourite ukulele orchestra (well, everyone who matters). The best part is the intro with one uke […]

I’m currently trying to convince myself that buying another ukulele wouldn’t be a huge waste of money. There are far too many people in the world that can’t understand the need for one more ukulele. So here’s a list of reason you can trot out whenever you need to justify another uke purchase to yourself, […]

Most of the obituaries of Isaac Hayes focus on the three S’s: Scientology, Shaft and South Park. But his biggest contribution was being half of the best song writing duo (along with David Porter) at the greatest record label of all time (Stax). He wrote the most underrated song in history The Soul Children’s The […]

Winter Coats via their website It’s seems I’m a little late writing about Foreign Loren, they split up at the end of April. Nevertheless, they made a bunch of excellent uke tunes that are well worth checking out. With plenty of waltzes played on ukulele, accordion and trumpet, there was always a danger they’d end […]

John Williams – Olympic Fanfare (Tab) MIDI How fantastic were those drummers at the start of the Opening Ceremony? It certainly topped a bunch of flag girls strolling around at the LA opening ceremony in 1984 (although no change in the commentators blabbering all over the music). But the LA opening ceremony did have the […]

Look, Mum, I’m in the New York Times. I do feel a little slighted that they didn’t include a link to me (FMM and MUD got one), but now you can expect to see a big, “As Featured in the New York Times,” sticker every time I mention the National Anthems ebook*. Anyhoo, you came […]

The new Mahalo Les Paul ukuleles and vintage ukes from eBay UK.

Jake Shimabukuro discusses JS Bach for a documentary and plays some stunning Bach uke. Pete Howlett has a video series on how to build a ukulele. Ukes for Obama: “a hub for ukulele players who share our desire for a better America.” Apply here for Ukes for Hilton. Let’s Play Ukulele has been shut down […]

Shorty Long – Vipermad This song is way too much fun. I’ve got a sore strumming finger after playing along with this on too hard and too long. I’m sure you don’t need me to tell you that Shorty Long’s Pops Bayless and Bob Guz are ukulele legends. I couldn’t find Shorty Long’s version streaming […]

I admit it, I’m overexcited about the Olympics starting. I’m not much of a sports fan, but the Olympics gets me hooked every time. Which is why I took a little time out from writing the blues ebook (that I’ve promised loads of people is coming but is really big and involved) to have a […]