Coronation Street Theme (Tab)

I feel a bit guilty for all the UK-centric theme tunes I do. The only US shows I watch have doom laden intros (House, Heroes) or featureless backing for a voiceover (The Daily Show, Mythbusters). So if you have any suggestions for non-UK theme tunes that would work well on the uke, [...]

Don’t forget to get your nominations in for ukulele video of the year 2009.
Back to this year, two fantastic videos include loops, beats and electric ukes from Kilgore Trout is Dead and Little6ster (which I think is the first contender for video of the year 2010). Also this week is the swearier of Sebi’s two [...]

A couple more new ukes from NAMM 2010:
- Ohana resonator here’s ,resonator specialist, Bob Brozman testing it out.
- Uke-blog tributing Ukulelia ukulele.
If you can’t wait for the Ohana resonator to turn up, this nickel-plated bell brass Recording King Resonator seems like a sweet deal. But it’s still the National resonator that makes me go all [...]

The New York Times declares the end of the ukulele fad, “The high school girl has shelved her “uke” with her slave bracelet.” Michael has been turning up a whole load of great stuff on The Backwards Ukulele Player – well worth subscribing to.
Line-ups for the Ukulele Festival of Great Britain and Denver UkeFest 2010.
The [...]

One event I’m very much looking forward to following this year is Bosko and Honey’s Oz Safari. Compared to New Zealand, we hear very little about the Australian uke scene. So I’m eager to learn more.
One Australian I don’t expect to be seeing on the Safari – I believe he lives in the US now [...]

Time to look back on the ukulele videos of last year. And it was a bumper crop. If you need any proof check out the list of some of the contenders below. And – to be honest – that’s the real purpose of the vote: to get people watching excellent musicians. So if there’s [...]

The Knitting Song by Sophie Madeleine

Sophie Madeleine – The Knitting Song (Chords)

There seems to be a natural synergy between the ukulele and knitting. Both much maligned, both newly hip and both excellent, low-key ways for people to be creative. There are certainly a lot of people who do both. And I’m very much in favour [...]

Phredd, being a purveyor of goofy songs for kids songs and worship songs, is an act I would expect to hate. Yet he has a knack of winning over grumpy atheists like me and Craig Robertson. I think it’s because his songs sound naturally fun. It’s so easy for this sort of thing to sound [...]

tUnE-YaRdS – Hatari (Tab)

Before I start, a quick update on the Sebi situation. After having his channel suspended for covering a song owned by WMG, he’s set up a new one with two videos sharing his love for Warners.
I’ve already covered most of the best ukulele albums from 2009 (like Sophie Madeleine’s Life. Love. Ukulele. [...]

Part two of the UkeTube features a beautiful song from Matt Kresling, shouty Scots GUGUG, fleat-fingerwork from Martin Wheatley and Ian Emmerson and plenty more.