The 2011 uke festival lineup is starting to take shape. The London Uke Fest is moving from a one-day, act-focussed event to a three day, strumalong and campout. And are changing the name to the London UkeyLove Festival. The organisers are looking for your feedback (they lost me at camping). A new festival on the scene is Le Fiul which aims to be a UWC (but with more pleasant views).
I had a bit of a moan when get-tuned switched to a very confusing layout. So it’s good to see a new, much better presented ukulele tuner (and a nicely written explanation of tuning too).
You know your marriage is in trouble when your husband buys a ukulele. But you can always swap him for ukulele of your own.
New York Times have an excellent photo of the UOGB in action (and a review).
I think this might be a new record: three songs in a row inaccurately identified as containing a ukulele. And then there’s this comment: “It’s really a simple instrument. It only took me a couple months to fully learn it.”
I’m very pleased to see some Moondog tab on Uker Tabs.
MP3s: Galapaghost has his new EP available for free,free track from Craig Robertson’s new one, Paul Smith (off of Maximo Park) has a uke track on his new solo album.
Videos of interest: “Can I see yours? This is mine. Yours in much better than mine. My goodness.” (Thanks to Lorraine), Charlotte Church and her new bloke uke it up, how to woodshed on a ukulele (she’s breaking rule one: no smiling).
The interesting thing to me about that Sam Francisco Chronicle piece was the sentence “We’re well on our way to a ukulele meltdown.” Right in the middle of the article, no reference to the Ukelear Meltdown festival, just thrown out there as if everyone will get her point if she says “ukulele meltdown.”