Another girl whose uke is out of tune but her soul is very much in tune: Wisdom Tooth. And she’s gone above and beyond to entertain by gluing her feet to the wall and singing sideways. Also this week is Ken Middleton being inspired by Kandinsky, Minor Constellations covering Kanye, Amber Nash’s new duo Shiny […]

More of musicguymic‘s finds from NAMM including this seriously sexy T’s ukulele from Shinji Takahashi and another Eleuke I don’t really like the look of. MGM has also started selling hoosierhiver’s Mainland Ukuleles. Alan ‘Uke’ Harris keeps a steady supply of lovely vintage ukuleles on eBay UK. Right now there’s a UB2 up for grabs. […]

Kate Micucci is playing her ukulele on Scrubs – which is my new favourite ukulele news ever. She discusses her role as Ted’s ukulele sweetheart, Stephanie, here. Until you get a chance to watch it, you’ll have to content yourself Kate and Ted duetting on Screw You a PG version of Fuck You. Tiki King […]

Florence and the Machine – Kiss With A Fist (Chords) A very strange year for me was 2008. It was the first time in history my Crush of the Year wasn’t a musician or Janeane Garofalo (24?) but Countdown champion, writer and bus-atheist Ariane Sherine. But she hasn’t written any shouty, punk-pop songs so today’s […]

The nominations for Ukulele Video of the Year are in and I’ve come up with a list of 11 videos as contenders. I think it provides a pretty good overview of the ukulele scene at the moment: orchestras and solo acts; originals and covers; songs and instrumentals; pros and ams. Some surprises though. No Bosko […]

Bon Iver – Skinny Love (Chords) Living in the UK makes it easier to pick an album of the year this year as Bon Iver’s For Emma, Forever Ago didn’t come out over here until 2008. And if you’re not familiar with its charms, get over to his website and download the album’s standout track […]

Craig Robertson – Frontporch (MP3) Craig Robertson – The Dark Derby (MP3) Craig Robertson – Bleeding Love (MP3) via robertsonstudio.com Craig Robertson towers over the ukulele scene. His Ukulele Noir and the Ukulele Caravan events have given a platform to some of the most exciting ukulele acts around including Hailey Wojcik, Michael Wagner and Megg […]

Davy Graham – Angi (Tab) MP3 Davy Graham has never really got the attention he deserves. He developed the style of guitar playing picked up by the likes of Bert Jansch, Nick Drake, John Renbourn and even Jimmy Page’s acoustic outings. But a lot of his stuff was a little too out-there for the early […]

Two versions of MMMBop this week (thanks to the Ukulele Underground thread). But they’ve both found a creative and new way to play it. Also this week is Ian Emmerson of the Re-Entrants‘ epic version of Bat Out of Hell. Usually I wouldn’t include a video where the uke is painfully out of tune, but […]

Note this down as the week ukulele makers started going completely insane. WaverlyStreet have made an aluminum ukulele (there’s a video of it here). Here’s a ukulele with a whammy bar which sounds nasty (thanks to vialde for finding that). Kealani have gone safariing and have come back with leopard skin and zebra wood ukuleles. […]