Now I’m in Derby I officially have some hometown ukulele heroes. The Re-entrants are a ukulele cover duo who have been cause a stir with their live performances across the country and have recently released their debut album Uke Man versus The Strummer. I caught up with Phil and Ian for some routine interrogation. You’re […]

Jason Mraz – I’m Yours (Chords) Here it is. Due to popular demand (i.e. to stop people requesting it). And also due to the fact that the other versions on line keep it in the original key of B. It makes more sense, for beginners in particular, to move all the chords up a fret […]

A very tough job sticking to my 10 video maximum this week. Those that the survived the ruthless cull include The Bobby McGee’s, a couple of performances from the NY Uke Fest, Sara Watkins and Tom Allalone. You might notice Zoe and Jodi wearing prototype Ukulele Hunt shirts. They’re still at the testing stage – […]

This week’s ‘it’s so ridiculous I must have it’ is this Pono double neck ukulele (an eight string and a four string). Rather than being fully attached, they’re arranged as a Venn diagram of ukuleles. It’s so rare to see a Kalaka ukulele that I – like Google – presume it’s a spelling mistake. As […]

Ken Middleton has released his first ukulele ebook: 12 Tunes for Bluegrass Ukulele. If you’ve been following his videos and his tabs, you’ll know he makes great arrangements and this ebook is definitely no exception. Last chance to sign up for my How to Play Fingerpicking Ukulele mini-course – it’ll be taken down tomorrow (Saturday). […]

Death Cab for Cutie – I Will Follow You Into the Dark (Chords) The second part of Captain Obvious Week and it’s Ben Gibbard again. A very different sound to last time but some very similar chords. Suggested Strumming For the verses you can go with: d – d u All the way through. But […]

I’ve had to come up with my own method of writing up strums both for the blog and for the How To Play Ukulele Strums ebook I’m working on. I’ve tried to keep it as simple as possible, and here’s what I’ve come up with: d : indicates a down strum. u : indicates an […]

The Postal Service – Such Great Heights (Chords) This week is officially Captain Obvious Week. Covering non-uke songs that seem to be done over and over on ukulele. Strangely enough, two of them are from Ben Gibbard. The electronic blips on bloops make Such Great Heights a fair unlikely obvious ukulele song, but plenty of […]

Matt Kresling – The Beast That Swallows It’s Young (MP3) Matt Kresling – Upside-Down Boat (MP3) via mattkresling.com I’m a little amazed that anyone bothers paying any of their debts any more. After all the bailouts financial institutions don’t have a great deal of moral authority to draw on. But Matt Kresling was ahead of […]

Upstairs, Downstairs Theme (Tab) MP3 I think I mentioned before, I don’t own a TV any more. But I might get a TV license anyway just to support the BBC’s new ukulele orchestra. One member of the group is Radio 4’s Kathy Clugston (from off of the shipping forecast) and she recorded a jazzy version […]