Herald Tribune interviews the guy who took the infamous picture of Neil Armstrong strumming his ukulele on return from the moon. ukebucket have just released two albums: one of originals, Bad Ukulele, and one of covers, Covered. You can download the covers album for free here. And buy the originals album, and I can tell […]
Archive for 2008
Martin Simpson – Rico (Tab) Martin Simpson is one of the finest acoustic guitarists around. His collaborations with June Tabor are some of the best English folk records ever made. On his album Righteousness and Humidity, he finally picked up the uke. He has plenty of guitar tabs on his site, but nary a ukulele […]
A look at the latest ukulele beginner’s book: Kiwi Ukulele: the New Zealand Ukulele Companion.
Vampire Weekend – Oxford Comma (Chords) To answer Vampire Weekend’s question, Lynne Truss and no one else. But plenty, of people, give a, fuck about, Vampire Weekend,s Oxford Comma, so I decided, to give it, a write, up, Dead simple chords for this one (G, C, D and Am). And the first part of the […]
A guide to the ukulele acts performing at 2008’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
The Office: An American Workplace (Tab) MP3 Transatlantic comedy adaptations are usually a catastrophic failure (Coupling and IT Crowd are two that leap immediately to mind) but both versions of The Office are great. I may well be lynched for saying this, but I actually prefer the US version of The Office to the British […]
The boys and their fretboard wankery are back with avengeance this week with videos from James Hill, Aldrine Guerrero, Dominator, Takashi Nakamura and Bobby Tomei. In other news, the Ukulele versus Major League Baseball campaign is gaining momentum. Aldrine Guerrero – Bodysurfing There are a bunch more UU tour videos here. James Hill – Summertime […]
Three cheers for the credit crunch. Hip, hip. Hazzah!. Hip, hip. Hazzah!. Hip, hip. Hazzah!. While the papers are full of doom and gloom about job losses and repossessions, the real story of the credit crunch is that eBay is crammed with people selling off their vintage ukulele collecions. Duane Hielman is selling off a […]
Mike’s ukulele book Kiwi Ukulele is out now. You can buy it here. The book has endorsements from Age Pryor and George from the UOoGB, to which I can add my whole hearted supported (more on that in the not too distant future). ezFolk has a new blog look. As an aside/hissy-fit, is it just […]
Boodle Am Shake (Chords) Boodle Am Shake was written by Jack Palmer and Spencer Williams in 1926 and has been covered by a number of people since including John Fahey and The Grateful Dead. Lil Rev recently put up a ukulele version that works really well for ukulelists looking to get more familiar with chords […]
