As promised, here’s a rundown of the third year of Uke Hunt in case you missed anything significant. May John Kavanagh passes away. Moustaches of the World ukulele. Mahalo Flying V is the worst ukulele I’ve ever played. Peggy Sue put out my favourite ukulele song of the year. I wrote up Rocky and Balls [...]
Archive for May, 2010
Billy Corgan – Baby (Chords) I was quite impressed by Billy Corgan’s ukulele playing. He certainly seems to take it more seriously than most of the guitarists who jump on the bandwagon and make a hash of it. For a start, he isn’t using a pick. And he throws in some classic ukulele stuff like [...]
Writing a compelling story is a tricky task. Writing tunes that sound good from the first listen is a huge challenge. Doing both at once is near impossible. Perhaps that’s why there have been so few decent operas in the last century or two. But the challenge hasn’t stopped Annie Bacon picking up her ukulele [...]
You might have already had a sneak preview of this post, but here’s the finished article. Today’s tube includes Ukulollo with Siwar from Ukuleles for Peace. They’re currently offering a pineapple ukulele for the best ukulele song. You can find out more in this video. Also featured is Miss Jess. Her fantastic EP, Jammin’ at [...]
I didn’t know much about Locals ukuleles but Noela Castro left a comment on the site with some info, “Aloha, I am the maker of Locals Ukuleles. I work out of home garage in Makakilo-Oahu, Hawaii. Just a little about myself and how I got started. I started back in 1996 with K.C. Moore of [...]
Bossarocker is doing a ukulele show for Chorlton Arts Radio (a non-profit community radio station) and is looking for people to contribute their ukulele tracks to be played on the show. If you want to be featured, you can find more details here. Classical ukulelist Herman Vandecauter has started a blog where you can find [...]
The site is three years old today. I was originally going to do a review of the year but I decided to give that a post of its own and stick with the annual self-indulgent post. Stats The number of people visiting the blog continues to make me feel woozy whenever I think about it. [...]
