Archive for 2009

Robert Johnson – Walkin’ Blues (Howlett Version)

Robert Johnson – Walkin’ Blues (Tab) A while back I decided to stop paying attention to the news. I must say, I’m a whole lot better for it. Anyhoo, I just found out there’s a second great depression now and absolutely everyone is eating their shoes to stay alive. So, to keep up the doom […]

Jake Wildwood – The Wood Wives

Jake Wildwood – Birch (MP3) Jake Wildwood – Nightshade (MP3) via JakeWildwood.com When I interviewed Jake about his last album he mentioned he was working on a record of songs about, “a particular tree, bush, shrub, flower, that I’ve come to know up here.” He’s now finished it and you can download the album for […]

Zee Avi / Koko Kaina – Just You and Me (Chords)

Zee Avi – Just You and Me (Chords) I love the things that can happen on the internet. Step One: Upload some songs to YouTube as KokoKaina. Step Two: Get the drummer off of The Raconteurs to watch them. Step Three: Get signed, fly to LA and change your name to Zee Avi. And she […]

Saturday UkeTube: Tafra, Puppini Sisters

This week’s videos include an old old clip from Tafra, a new old clip of James Hill rocking the White Stripes look, The Puppini Sisters calypsoing around and Todd encouraging us to take a ukulele break (as if we needed any convincing).

Window Shopping: Pono Mango, Eleuke Butterfly, Kala Camo

The new Pono Mango ukuleles have some serious grain going on take a look at this one and this one. BugsGear’s EleUke range gets crazier with each new uke: Butterfly Ukulele. Whilst Applause go the other way and branch out into boring looking ukuleles. If you’re in a belligerent mood try a WWII Victory Regal […]

Friday Links

More technical issues this week. If you tried to access the blog on Thursday morning, you might have noticed the site was down. Boing Boing – very kindly – linked to me in their regular cute ukulele girl post. This sent a flood of visitors and shortly after a, “We notice your site is very […]

Avett Brothers – Murder in the City (Intro)

I was knocked out by the Avett Brothers’ The Second Gleam EP so I was pleased to see the Avetts get picked up by ukers like Ken, krabbers and Adelle. I was challenged by Tim to come up with a tab for the intro. Since there are two fingerpicked guitars playing the intro, it’s obviously […]

10 Things I Learnt from John King

This was an incredibly difficult post to write. Not for the usual reason that tribute posts are difficult to write – to my regret, I was always too intimidated to even email him – but because everything he did is absolutely fascinating. A quick scan through his writing for a few juicy quotes ends up […]

Death Cab for Cutie – Talking Bird (Demo) (Chords)

Death Cab for Cutie – Talking Bird (Ukulele Version)(Chords) Death Cab for Cutie’s new odds-and-ends EP, The Open Door, includes the original ukulele filled version of Talking Bird (you can listen to it on Stereogum). It is, naturally, far superior to the full band version (for which Zakulele has already written up the chords). Stereogum […]

Monday Exposure: Karinne Keithley

Karinne Keithley – Sweet Child of Mine (MP3) Karinne Keithley – Black Dog (MP3) Karinne Keithley – Immigrant Song (MP3) via her website. Playing stripped down versions of huge rock songs isn’t a new idea, but it’s incredibly difficult to do well. I think these tracks are the best I’ve heard it done since Mark […]

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