You can get a sneak peak of Amy Crehore’s next show Dream Girls and Ukes on her Flickr and find out more here.
“”The ukulele is already a magical instrument, but there’s something about his playing and being that is other-worldly.” Yo-Yo Ma discusses working with Jake Shimabukuro.
Roger Greenawalt will spend 12 hours performing every single Beatles song on the ukulele. But it’s for a good cause. All the money raised will be going to Warren Buffett.
I’ve been slowly working up a tab for Roy Smeck’s Music Box Waltz, and Dav on the KDUS forum has beaten me to it.
“How do you relax? This might sound slightly ridiculous but I play the ukulele for at least an hour a day and I find something really blissful about it.” Frank Skinner in The Guardian.
Anyone know who this is in the Dutch T-Mobile ad? (Thanks Martin)
Death Cab for Cutie and All Time Quarterback on Uker Tabs.
Bette Midler ukes it up on Ellen (head for around 6:30).
Peter and the Wolf and Amanda Palmer do Black Cab Sessions.
Get Del Ray or Terry Kinakin to play in your living room.
Jeffery Holland’s using-the-uke-to-pick-up-chicks technique in You Rang M’Lord?. Dangerous tactic, though, because apparently playing the ukulele means you’re an “eccentric nice girl who only pretends to be interested in sex.”
Julia and Wade display mad skillz. It’s a bit depressing watching Julia fans getting her CD. They get so excited they make me wonder if I’m living in an emotional coma. I wish I could get that excited about anything, never mind a CD. (And that’s not me picking the strangest two videos – that’s a random sample).
i’m really hoping that the ‘playing the ukulele means your a nice eccentric girl whos only pretending to be interested in sex’ theory is untrue, the future mrs cardboardfrogs going to have to be at least vaguely interested in both!
i’d love to see yo yo ma playing ukulele too, but one step at a time i guess!