Warning: Bad words abound. Cee Lo Green – Fuck You (Chords) I’ve resisted calls for posts on recent YouTube phenomenons Double Rainbow and Bed Intruder (because A Glorious Dawn is the pinnacle of autotune). But I had to do a post on Cee Lo Green’s new song. Partly because it’s packed with expletives (it’s not […]

It my not look like it, but I do put some thought into the order of videos in the UkeTube posts. Usually I’ll switch the around a bit and come up with something that I feel flows well fairly quickly. But this week I couldn’t come up with anything I was satisfied with. I’ve even […]

This week I’ve spent far too long surfing through demos of effects pedals – the stranger and filthier the better. Death By Audio have a range of interesting pedals. My favourite being the Robot (demo here). But I think my favourite at the moment is the WMD Geiger Counter (demo here). On a more traditional […]

Two podcasts dedicated to the ukulele: WNYC talk to Tony ‘Mighty Uke’ Coleman and have a cracking session from Buke and Gass (along with the interesting info that Aron from the band used to design instruments for the Blue Man Group). The Shuffle chat to Ty Olopai and play a bunch of uke tracks (listen […]

Kaki King – Falling Day (Tab) It’s refreshing to see one of the big stars picking up a ukulele and not doing a bit of gentle strumming but really ripping the shit out of it. And it’s even more satisfying when it’s someone as talented as Kaki King. The last time we heard this tune […]

I’m sure you’ll have read a few of those Tourist Board type potted histories of the ukulele. But they’ve always left me with tons of questions. So I decided to put those questions to someone who has looked into it properly. Jim Tranquada has just completed a book on ukulele history that he and John […]

Mumford & Sons – The Cave (Chords) So we’re all playing ukulele because of Mumford and Sons. According to the London Evening Standard and STV. Having inspired a ukulele boom is quite an achievement considering: a) they released their debut album long after the resurgence began; b) they’re not much known across the pond; c) […]

The imminent arrival of Charlie Connelly‘s new book about Ireland has obviously got me excited as this week includes two Irish troubadours – Vertigo Smyth and Peter Delaney – displaying plenty of glum-fun. Also this week: Katie Herzig (making very effective use of the dual ukes), some Indian/hair-rock fusion (*resists the temptation to comment on […]

There’s a long history of ukulele makers putting famous people’s names on a ukulele in the hope of bumping sales from the Roy Smeck with Harmony and Arthur Godfrey with Vega to Jake Shimabukuro with Kamaka and Joe Brown with Kala. Connecting all these people is the fact that they are, or were, famous. aNueNue […]

Some weeks there’s not much going on. Gina&Stones will explode your brain with sexy. Games’s over, go home, they just won the internet. Paul Smith designer ukulele. And here’s the man himself with it (thanks to Paul). UOGBfrogsfan interview the UOGB. Kate Micucci has landed another cute ukulele girl sitcom role. Tally’s song about How […]