Ben Lerman – The Big Gay Paradise (MP3) Ben Lerman – Not A Cub (MP3) via BenLerman.net Ben Lerman is another hilarious uke-comedian from the ukulele comedy capital of the world New York. It’s only fair to those of you with a delicate disposition to stay well clear. But the rest of us who like […]

This Is Halloween (Tab)(PDF) MIDI This song comes from the Tim Burton film Nightmare Before Christmas. And ‘nightmare’ is about frickin’ right. It’s full of key changes, time signature changes and nothing is played the same way twice. What I’m trying to say is: EPIC FAIL. I’ve only been able to tab out the first […]

James Hill and Ralph Shaw – Yodelele Lady Rebecca Fonoimoana – Its a Pity

Some ukes made of unusual wood this week. Kala have a new range of ukuleles with lacewood bodies and spruce tops including this concert and an eight string baritone. Then there’s this bamboo ukulele. But you really can’t beat koa for a handsome uke. Just check out the grain on this Peter Bermudez and on […]

A big thanks to everyone who’s written to me saying nice things about How to Play Blues Ukulele. I’m completely knocked out by how well it’s been received. There was one small hitch, a couple of the examples got lost somewhere. If you bought the ebook – you should have an email from me. If […]

Ingrid Michaelson – Be OK (Chords) (PDF) A lovely, simple uke tune from Ingrid Michaelson. Even simpler if you’ve still got your uke tuned down from the Eddie Vedder – Goodbye post (this one is in B tuning also). The chords are straightforward, but the strumming is a little trickier. It involves plenty of chnks […]

I’ve been mentioning that I’m working on a Blues Ukulele ebook for a while now and had a bunch of people asking me when it would be out. Well, it’s finally here. It’s taken so long because I wanted to make absolutely sure you’d be blown away by it and I think you will be. […]

Eddie Vedder – Goodbye (Chords)(PDF) Having done one of Vedder’s mandolin songs, it’s about time I had a go at one of his uke songs, Goodbye from the soundtrack to A Brokedown Melody (pleasingly from Woodshed Films). The tuning is a bit of a nightmare. Vedder has his uke tuned down about three quarters of […]

Yoyoyo Acapulco – Kamasutra Tsunami (MP3) Yoyoyo Acapulco – Mexican Wolfgasket (MP3) Yoyoyo Acapulco – The Fund Rug National Anthem (MP3) via NRK I’ve been much enamored with Norwegian ukuleles since NRK was very nice about ukuleles and about Uke Hunt. I need to learn Norwegian as Google offers no translation of ‘oppgangstid’ and translates […]

Frank Skinner – Osama Bin Laden (Chords)(PDF) This will probably be another post entirely lost on my friends across the ocean, unfortunately. It’s a comedian you’ve never heard of at the Secret Policeman’s Ball doing a pastiche of someone who was never famous over there packed with references you won’t get (and even if I […]