Friday Links

July 31, 2009

The LA Times discusses the ukulele revival. But I’m not sure how Hester and Kitty would react to the UOGB being described as, “eight men in tuxedos.”

A video of an entire James Hill performance.

You can now get UkeFarm’s chord sheets on your iPhone.

J-Hob covers ukulele acts at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.

Argyle Smile’s Every Song on Uker Tabs.

I think this is the best repurposing of a ukulele I’ve seen. And she has some magnificent trophy fruit (which sounds like innuendo but isn’t).

Daily Growl has a couple of MP3s from The Second Hand Marching Band.

The ukulele bit on House.

Keith Moon ukulele.

EXPECTING TO FIND CHORDS/TABS? Try clicking where it says the name of the song in red under the video.
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6 Responses to “Friday Links”

  1. Boughter on July 31st, 2009 7:40 pm

    Sorry… I removed the chords to fix em, will toss them back online in a minute.

  2. Boughter on July 31st, 2009 7:56 pm

    Okay, they’re back up. How did he go an entire article, mainly about how the internet has fueled the ukulele revival, and not mention UkeHunt at all? I see the UU got mentioned, but no UkeHunt.

  3. cardboardfrog on July 31st, 2009 10:58 pm

    its an american article, UU is an american site, maybe its blind xenophobia?

  4. Woodshed on August 1st, 2009 10:18 am

    Boughter: Thanks for putting those up. Good choice of song.

    I’m not that fussed. It was a much bigger deal to me to be mentioned in the NME.

    cbf: Getting mentioned in that sort of thing is mostly luck of the draw. I’ve got those sort of mentions before so it’s just someone else’s turn.

  5. LonnaB on August 1st, 2009 1:45 pm

    “Shimabukuro now autographs young people’s ukuleles at his shows”- from the Times article.

    That would include me, I’m young!

    I knew it!

  6. Woodshed on August 2nd, 2009 7:58 am

    Lonna: The fact that your comment is properly spelt and punctuated suggests otherwise ;)

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