I try not to feature two videos from the same act in a week, so I’m fudging it by having one video from Rocky and Balls and one from just Rocky or Balls (I give it about 3 weeks until they’re on Boing Boing). Along side them are plenty of old friends (including GUGUG, Jake […]

The Germans seem to be heading the field when it comes to great looking electric ukes. As well as RISA, there are these Rocktile FRAME ukuleles. They obviously take a few design cues from Eleuke, but end up looking more stylish. And on the subject or RISA, if you’re a fan of the ‘melted telecaster’ […]

Full close ups of Amy Crehore’s Dreamgirls and Ukuleles show. Demon, Slither, Lucky 13. Bobby McGees advertising Film 4 with the lovely song When Father Died, Ferrets Licked Away the Tears. And Jimmy McGee advertising me and playing a ragtime tune. New mass-ukulele record: 900. Word on the web is that Tangi ukuleles are shutting […]

Dent May and His Magnificent Ukulele – Meet Me in the Garden (Chords) Looks like I’m going to be doing a Beirut on the Dent May album, The Good Feeling Music of…. The album version of Meet Me in the Garden has the uke turned down and guitar and Gainsbourg-ness turned up compared to the […]

No need to stretch to outlandish reasons to buy a new ukulele for this one. I needed a tenor (and, no, a Fluke with a tenor neck doesn’t count) particularly for fingerpicking. The Ukulele Shop had a sale on the Ohana TK-35G and after watching Ken Middleton’s review of his tenor Ohana. Sound: A lovely […]

Neal Paisley – Gossip (Tab) UPDATE: Neal took his version down so here’s ukuleletim’s. Gossip would have to be my favourite ukulele instrumental from last year and, judging by its strong showing in the Ukulele Video of the Year vote, quite a few other people as well. So, of course, I had to have a […]

The Honey Brothers – Drunkard’s Lament (MP3) The Honey Brothers – Coney Island Baby (MP3) via thehoneybrothers.com Allegedly formed at a, “ukulele fantasy camp,” the Honey Brothers have grown to become the undisputed, “masters of Hawaiian-Appalachian Glam Rock.” Despite the obvious stars of the band being the ukulelists: film maker Ari Gold (who isn’t off […]

Kate Micucci – Mr Moon (Chords) Hmm, not so keen on Kate Micucci’s Scrubs song this week (and Zach Braff literally phoned in his performance) but she does a very funny angry. So back to the cute/beautiful Mr Moon which made an appearance on the last episode. Strumming Pattern Suggestion Nothing taxing in the chords, […]

This favourite new find of the week is The Half Sisters who make up for a load of girly jaw-flapping and squeeing with a couple of great songs and plenty of Peggy Sue style shounting (shouting + counting = shounting). And, of course, there’s love in the air for Ukulele Ike’s dogs and Ukulelezo’s insect […]

Jeff the Humble Uker is thinning out his ukulele collection to make way for a Da Silva. You can check out the booty – including a RISA solid, Gretsch, Hamano and Vintage ukuleles along with some uke DVDs – on his seller’s page. A couple of ultra-sweet vintage ukuleles with hefty price tags: Gibson Style […]