Rod Thomas – Your Love Is A Tease (Ukulele Version)(MP3) Uke Hunt exclusive. A very deserving winner in my opinion: instantly catchy song, fun video, singalong chorus. And it’s easy to play on the ukulele: there are chords for Same Old Lines here. I got in touch with Rod to ask him a few questions, […]

Surely it’s no coincidence that the standout track on the new Beirut EP, March of the Zapotec is the most uke-heavy. The EP isn’t out yet, but The Akara has been spreading on the MP3 blogs. The uke only part of the track goes like this: The rest of the song uses these same chords: […]

Jake Wildwood – I Will Follow (MP3) Jake Wildwood – Orion’s Belt (MP3) Jake Wildwood – Kansas James (MP3) from Home to Be Jake Wildwood – Undine (MP3) from Queen Anne’s Lace If you’ve been following the blog a while, you’ll be familiar with Jake Wildwood already. I’ve featured his YouTube videos on a number […]

Ted and The Gooch – Screw You (Chords) When three of my favourite things – ukuleles, Scrubs and Kate Micucci – collide you know a chord sheet isn’t going to be far away. I’m probably going to have to wait months before the episode is shown over here, so it’ll have to be Screw You […]

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 […]