Uke Hunt Podcast #1 (MP3) (61.8 MB) Warning: Explicit I’ve just finished listening to the first episode of the Uke Hunt podcast and I bloody loved it. I can say that without being big-headed because it was all done by Bossarocker. And she did a bang up job. Subscribe The Uke Hunt podcast is up […]

Amanda Palmer/Radiohead – Fake Plastic Trees (Chords) Amanda Palmer’s much anticipated Radiohead-ukulele EP is out next week. So time for this one, I think. It’s frustrating listening to Amanda Palmer’s music. She can be ball-crushingly awesome at times and bloody shit at other times. Often within the same song. Which is how I feel about […]

I’m really inspired by sanfordandsong‘s channel at the moment. No Shimabukuro or Beatles covers for him. This week he’s doing Aphex Twin. Before you throw accusations of snobbishness at me, there’s a Shimabukuro cover in the post (albeit Bruce) played by cute ukulele boys. Famous folks this week include Florence and the Machine and Eef […]

Having had my uke-lust temporarily sated by the Sceptre, there’s not much leaping out at me this week. Although Ukulelia did direct me to UkuZoo which has a few collections of vintage ukuleles for us to peruse. I we were playing the ‘you can take one thing home with you’ museum game. I’d go with […]

“Racy ukulele website ad sparks complaint“. ukulelesongs.com got in hot water for having a ‘Date hot girls in your area’ type ad on the site which lead to a page with a girl holding a sign saying, “I love Auckland guys that play the ukulele.” . Maybe I should have ads on this site. That […]

I’ve had quite a few requests for the little guitar figure from this song. Perhaps because the high capo takes it just about into ukulele territory. And I’m happy to do it because it’s a beautiful song and it gives me the shivers. It was the highlight of the film it was written for, The […]

I’ve been lusting after a KoAloha Sceptre for a long time. So much so that as soon as the Southern Ukulele Store got one in they contacted me for an easy sale. With these things, there’s always the possibility it’d be a let down once I got it. So… Specifications Size: Tenor Construction: Solid Koa […]

Carmina Burana (Tab) Confession time. I originally started arranging this on the assumption it was a good hundred years or so old and would go in my How to Play Classical Ukulele ebook. Only after hours slaving over it did it occur to me to check. 1935. But it’s such a hilariously pompous tune I […]

Top of the crop this week are two videos from Mathias ‘The Burning Hell‘ Kom’s Spring Breakup. Also up is a stunning Tongan send-off, Bartt and Ukulollo ripping it up, a band that bears a passing resemblence to The Folksmen and, horror of horrors, a football song.

Another ukulele hybrid: the sanlele. A cross between a uke and the sanshin a traditional instrument from Okinawa. Seems to be only available in Japan. You can listen to the sanlele here and some rocking sanshin here. I’ve never read a convincing justification for slotted headstocks. The best I’ve heard is that they reduce wind […]